I just built a new PC and installed Zorin only to find that it didn't want to talk to my Asus wifi adapter. (Mods stick with me here this post is only part of the solution). So I found in another spot the necessary drivers to make this thing work, all that I need to do is compile using the make command. Simple right?
Command 'make' not found. Install using sudo apt install make.
Okay... lets do so.
Zorin asks "please insert disk labeled Zorin-OS 16 Core 64bit into drive labeled /media/cdrom and press [Enter]."
The iso is on the computer. Okay mount real quick... press enter.
"Please insert... yada yada yada" What?
(Be aware internet is not available because wifi doesn't work and ethernet is not feasible.)
So in summary running the install make command requests the Zorin installation iso file, which after mounting and hitting enter to continue, force unmounts the iso and requests it again. How do I make it stop that so I can get this PC working?
Can you please open Software & Updates and in the Other Software tab, check the box to ON for using CDROM Zorin...
Insert the LiveUSB stick into the port, then open the File Manager. In the left pane treeview, you should see it appear. Click on it.
It should then mount, giving you read access to what is on the disk. At this point, switch over to terminal and run
sudo apt update && sudo apt install make
I have concerns...
Zorin OS Comes with Make Already Installed.
So right away, I wonder if your installation Medium is corrupted - causing your current woes.
Result is same as above. With the added anger from the os of it not being able to fetch from the web.
I'm partially not too concerned though, from what I've seen the wifi problem is pretty common across ubuntu based os, right now it's just getting terminal to work with me.
Can you try unmounting it from media and remounting it on CDRom
umount /media/
Then run:
ls -l /sys/block/sd* | grep usb
From the output, look for /sys/block/sdb -> On mine, it is just sdb... Yours may be different, like /sys/block/sdc -> - Note what the device (/dev) is.
Let's say it is sdb, like mine:
mount /dev/sdb /cdrom
Note the space between sdb and /cdrom
This forum doesn't always display it all very well...
If this mounts, returning to the terminal (Select y if needed to retry mount), see if it will then access as mounted.
Let me explain. PC is built into a Lian Li DK-05F desk. In my living room. Router is in office/breakfast room. Need ~170 ft of cable to make Ethernet work.
Sadly, at this point, I think connecting to the net is the best bet.
I just did some searching to see if any distros carry that driver out of the box, but came up empty-handed.
Other options may be
Getting some helpers to carry the desk over...
Getting a different Wifi Adapter with known Linux support...
Create a bootable Clone of Zorin OS, with all those essentials installed.
The last two options are not bad ones, really.
Creating the bootable clone would require installing, then upgrading, then cloning Zorin on a Working computer, however.
