- When you get the error, Alt+F2 to a second console.
- Find out which device your USB stick is (tail -n 100 /var/log/syslog)
- If the device is busy, umount it (umount /dev/sd[abcdef]1)
- Then mount it to /cdrom (mount -t vfat /dev/sd[abcdef]1 /cdrom)
- Alt+F1 to get back to the install console, and try detecting again