# Can't find Local Media option in the installation source **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [August 23, 2021, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-find-local-media-option-in-the-installation-source/3875 "2021-08-23T09:58:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/alan/32/4397_2.png) [@alan](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/alan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-find-local-media-option-in-the-installation-source/3875/1 "2021-08-23T09:58:59Z")
I try to use _Rocky 8.4 x86\_64 dvd1.iso_ to install rocky linux. I select local media on the software installation source and successfully complete the installation on VM, but when I installed it on the laptop, I couldn’t select local media option except the network one. How can I use local media smoothly? Thanks!!! ---
**Author:** ![warron.french](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/warron.french/32/869_2.png) [@warron.french](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/warron.french)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-find-local-media-option-in-the-installation-source/3875/2 "2021-08-25T00:38:03Z")
@alan, welcome to the Rocky Linux Forums. I can only offer that I would expect the Local Media to be presented in the same fashion as the VM. But, maybe we should ask… Did you extract the ISO to a USB flash drive, or is it extracted/burned to a DVD dual-side physical media, **and** you are using that physical DVD in your machine with a DVD drive. It is always better to ask the questions for obvious answers first, instead of us guessing or assuming anything. Write back! I am off to bed in a little while, but others will read this and get back to you as well. ---
**Author:** ![dave\_yya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@dave\_yya](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/dave_yya)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-find-local-media-option-in-the-installation-source/3875/3 "2021-08-27T14:31:29Z")
I used Rufus to write to usb and it popped up a dialogue which asked if I wanted ISO mode or DD mode. ISO mode will not work. When I did the same with the latest centos, Rufus said that it would use DD mode and I didn’t have to select it so there is something different in the way the ISOs are created. ---
**Author:** ![alan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/alan/32/4397_2.png) [@alan](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/alan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-find-local-media-option-in-the-installation-source/3875/4 "2021-08-28T10:00:12Z")
I’m sorry I didn’t state the problem completely. Although the linked image file is centOS, I encountered the same problem in rocky linux. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/7/7d42f0dc8fb158f07f162017d404b79c4110d4fc.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/b/b1b3f2c66b3cf5090ec8b0a94562d9168519acc5.jpeg) I couldn’t select local media option except the network one. ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-find-local-media-option-in-the-installation-source/3875/5 "2021-08-28T12:30:45Z")
How does VMware present the ISO to VM? Are there options? The GUI is not the only view to installer. There are text-based virtual consoles too. Ctrl-Alt-F_n_ should get you to those (if VMware allows). I would check via CLI what is mounted at this stage of install. ---
**Author:** ![venkan\_patil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@venkan\_patil](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/venkan_patil)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-find-local-media-option-in-the-installation-source/3875/6 "2022-07-29T06:10:46Z")
Thanks! Rufus with DD mode solved my issue! ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cant-find-local-media-option-in-the-installation-source/3875/7 "2023-08-25T03:44:02Z")
Closed on August 25, 2023, 3:44am UTC