Debian 12 - Bookworm Live installer ISO for linuxcnc (x86_64)

I am on a brand new install of Debian 12.2. Did the full upgrade to latest then followed forking of the repository and checking out the bookworm version.

What should my apt sources be?

The installer should set the repositories up correctly. (main contrib non-free non-free-firmware) provided you have an internet connection. It seems to be dynamically generated.
refer to :
auto/config (debian  are meant to be set up here but it needs overriding)
config/archives (various files end up in different apt folders based on their name for chroot and binary)
config/includes.installer/preseed.cfg (override here)
config/hooks/normal (510,520,530)

The hooks are used to add some third party repos but not install anything from them


 

Yay! 2.9.1 is officially released. Grab your .ISO from here
linuxcnc.org/iso/linuxcnc_2.9.1-amd64.hybrid.iso

I will update the download URL in the first post once I gather the strength to tackle the forum editor!

Also note that Linuxcnc 2.9.1 is now in Debian Unstable which means in about 5 days, it will be in Debian 13 (Trixie)
Very cool!

I am trying to install using the image linked above. The image is on a USB drive. It boots. I select start installer.

I see some errors go by that mention:
mount: mounting /dev/sda on /media failed.
mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /media failed.
mount: mounting /dev/sda2 on /media failed.
mount: mounting /dev/sda3 on /media failed.

I go through the country and language selections and then I get the error that "Your installation media couldn't be mounted. When installing from a CD-ROM, this probably means that the disk was not in the drive. If so you can insert it and try again."

I did find that if I unplug the USB drive and plug it back in and have it retry mounting the drive it will continue the install process.

First report of an issue. This is a fork of the Debian Live installer. At this point in the installation, it is all in Debian's hands.
It does sound like it is an issue with your USB or your hardware. It sounds like it does lose contact with your USB. At least Debian told you what to do to resolve it.

Thanks Rod, When I saw it said to reinsert the CD I just thought well, I'll try that with the USB.

Now I am getting this error. My .cfg and .hal files worked with previous versions of 2.9 that I was playing with.

Found file(REL): ./custom.hal
Found file(REL): ./vc-p4s.hal
HAL: ERROR: function 'and2.vc' may only be added to one thread
./vc-p4s.hal:5: addf failed
Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
and2: already exists
Running HAL shutdown script
hm2_eth: in hm2_eth_reset
hm2_eth: HostMot2 ethernet driver unloaded
hm2: unloading
Note: Using POSIX realtime
LinuxCNC terminated with an error. You can find more information in the log:
/home/john/linuxcnc_debug.txt
and
/home/john/linuxcnc_print.txt
as well as in the output of the shell command 'dmesg' and in the terminal