Ubuntu 8.10

finno

Hi

Can someone help me here i download ubuntu and burn it to cd and i want to dual boot it with vista. but when i go to boot the cd up it doesn't read it. do i have to burn it a different way.

thanks in advance

ps i have to do this for my course so any help in any way in the dual boot would be great help

Tillotson

What exactly happens when you try to boot?

If it doesn't even look for a cd and boots straight into windows:

You need to change the boot order in the BIOS.
Just as you turn on the computer you should see a message saying something like "press enter to enter setup".
When in setup there should be a menu to change boot order - make sure CD-ROM is first on the list. Press F10, save and exit.

If this doesn't work check to see if the CD burned correctly
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

Dartz

He may have burned the .iso image as a file to the disk, rather than burning the image itself. Judging by his spelling, that's what I'd guess.

BopNiblets

Also, burn it at 4x speed if you can, that makes a difference sometimes.

finno

Dartz wrote: »

He may have burned the .iso image as a file to the disk, rather than burning the image itself. Judging by his spelling, that's what I'd guess.

if you want to give smart arse comments don't waste your time and mine thanks.

thanks for the help i got it working i downloaded isoburner and it worked

Khannie

Dartz wrote: »

Judging by his spelling, that's what I'd guess.

That's idiotic.

velocirafter

I actually takes a bit of effort to burn an iso on a windows machine, if you dont have nero then it's not supported

BopNiblets

^ What?
There's loads of free burning software that support image burning!
InfraRecorder, ImgBurn, CDBurnerXP...