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02-04-2005	#1 (permalink)
vale Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16	I can't install ubuntu Hi all, I've just downloaded ubuntu and burned it on a cd. I restarted my laptop with the cd in, but the installer doesn't start. I configured the bios so the cd-rom boots first. Actually I've two partitions: winXP and RedHat9 and I use GRUB as bootLoader. I would like to try ubuntu on a thirth partition. I thought to make the thirth partition with the help of the ubuntu installer... but it doesn't start any idea to help me? bye bye

02-04-2005	#2 (permalink)
lakerdonald Linux Guru Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 5,039	Can you open the burned CD in Windows Explorer? If you can, what is on it? Is just a single .iso file, or are there multiple files and directories? -lakerdonald __________________ the lost art of found sound

02-04-2005	#3 (permalink)
dylunio Linux Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cymru Posts: 4,157	Did you burn the ubunto iso to the cd as an image and not just copied the file onto it? Also did you burn the cd as a slow enough speed? e.g. x8 dylunio __________________ Registered Linux User #371543! Get force-get May The Source Be With You /dev/null /dev/null2

02-04-2005	#4 (permalink)
vale Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16	No, I didn't burn the cd as an image! What does it mean? How can I do it in winXp? And if I open it in win I just see a .iso file. Sorry for my ignorance! thanks vale

02-04-2005	#5 (permalink)
lakerdonald Linux Guru Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 5,039	That means that you incorrectly burned it. What probably happened was you essentially just copied the file over to the cd. Which program did you use to burn it? __________________ the lost art of found sound

02-04-2005	#6 (permalink)
copycon Linux User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: USA, Michigan, Detroit Posts: 329	It could be that it just does not see his CDROM I have a test box in the basement that for some reason the bios always sees the drive and boots the cd but after the linux kernel is loaded and it then looks for the cd to start the install it can not find a disk in the drive. OS's that load SuSE 9.2 Redhat 9.0 FreeBSD 4.8 (which it is running now) Linspire OS's that fail Mandrake 10.0 Slackware 9.? ubuntu Lyciros Knoppix Sorry I posted this while the above post about only seeing an ISO image file on the disk was being posted please disregard Mepis __________________ Long live the revolution! Have a nice day. If you want real change vote Libertarian!

02-04-2005	#7 (permalink)
vale Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16	I used the default burner of winXp. But I've not other burning program. Can you tell me exactly what I have to do? Grazie!!! Vale

02-04-2005	#8 (permalink)
dylunio Linux Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cymru Posts: 4,157	Try http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-20850.html __________________ Registered Linux User #371543! Get force-get May The Source Be With You /dev/null /dev/null2

02-04-2005	#9 (permalink)
lakerdonald Linux Guru Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 5,039	I was looking for that link, but I couldn't find the thread. haha __________________ the lost art of found sound

02-04-2005	#10 (permalink)
vale Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16	Thanks, I'm downloading cdburnerxp. I'll let you know. bye

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