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the download of kubuntu is not booting

Asked by Himanshu Mishra

The problem is that i have downloaded the desktop cd of kubuntu8.04 ...
i burnt the unzipped matter on a blank cd...
but the cd is not booting the system...
Tell me how to make a bootable cd of it..
One more question the debs of my system kubuntu 7.04 are destroyed..
What may be the reason for it...
Is there any way by which i can recover my debs and make a repository for future use....
Please reply soon to help me out...

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hardcorelinux (hardcorelinux) said : 		#1

Usually, you get an ISO file, which is a bootable image, which can be burned in to a CD. If you 'unzip' or 'extract' the ISO and put them on a CD the CD will not be bootable. You need to burn the ISO, not its contents.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#2

Download and burn on a cd at lower speed you can do (4x), here an howto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto, you can download this cd from here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/

If you are in trouble to download you can try to install and use a torrent client Deluge http://www.deluge-torrent.org/downloads.php to get
your desired Ubuntu iso image http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04/ please select a .torrent file

Ubuntu min system requirements https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements
Here the steps to install https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall

*** if you are installing in dual boot mode Windows + Ubuntu

Please make sure you Windows partition have no errors on it.

Booting in Windows force an a complete hard disk check.
Then reboot again in Windows and make a clean shutdown.
Be sure to boot in Widows twice and to get a clear Windows shutdown.

***

Always useful is the online Ubuntu doc https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/

Hope this helps

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

I forgot to tell: the file you must download and burn on a cd is your desired .iso image file.
Usually http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso

"One more question the debs of my system kubuntu 7.04 are destroyed.."
You can upgrade Ubuntu using alternate cd from 7.04 to 7.10 and then to latest 8.04 without loose your setting... and ...

HTH

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