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this problem has been going on for awhile... i was unable to get the dyne:bolic dock to work, because it would not boot from the cd no matter how many ...
  1. 07-20-2010 #1
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    unable to boot from cd

    this problem has been going on for awhile... i was unable to get the dyne:bolic dock to work, because it would not boot from the cd no matter how many times i told it to.

    then i made a disc of mint, and a disc of ubuntu. i put in the ubuntu disc, and it worked! the windo popped up, and allwed me to try ubuntu. well, then i wanted to try out mint. this time, i decided to intall it, and it worked like a charm. now i want to intall ubuntu, but the computer just will not run the disc. nor will it boot from the cd drive. i even made a usb stick, and it wont boot from that, either. i followed the intructrions to the dot on the 'i', and the disc im trying to boot ubuntu from is the same disc that worked yesterady.

    WTF?!!!

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    My guess is that the image you are burning is corrupted. Download a new copy along with the md5sum file and after the download, run md5sum on the image and verify that it is correct. This is not an uncommon problem. A single bit error can cause a disc image to be unusable.
    Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
    Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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    ive tried with multiple downloads (four total), plus with two discs that came with a linux book i borrowed from the library.

    would grub prevent other os's from booting?
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    Quote Originally Posted by nepalnt21 View Post
    ive tried with multiple downloads (four total), plus with two discs that came with a linux book i borrowed from the library.

    would grub prevent other os's from booting?
    It (grub) should not prevent you from booting from a live CD/DVD. Are you sure you are really booting from the CD/DVD and not the hard drive? I know that on my workstation I have to go into the BIOS to boot from a CD or DVD. On my laptop I can press F12 when the BIOS splash screen is showing (while the system is doing its power-on self test, or POST) and it will present a menu of devices to boot from. Just putting in a CD/DVD and booting may not be enough, depending upon the situation.
    Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
    Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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  5. 07-21-2010 #5
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    some computers like HP can't load boot... try to make USB from cd, i had problem with friend's computer who was HP , but in his computer very good run open suse, if u can can maybe use open suse ....
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