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I don't know what to do once I get to the boot screen

Asked by Jesse92

When i go to install the system on the computer I forgot what I need to go to on the boot screen to install it.

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Best Tony Mugan (tmugan) said : 		#1

If you have downloaded the desktop live CD for Ubuntu 8.04, you just need to double-click the "Install" icon on the desktop to start it.
If you are using the "alternate" cd then ideally you wipe all existing partitions from the disk (which deletes ALL existing data) and the you install.

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

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Jesse92 (jessepottle) said : 		#2

Well I have the program on a cd but I still can't get the install thing to come up

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Tony Mugan (tmugan) said : 		#3

Did you download the CD or order it for delivery by mail?

Are you trying to boot from it when you switch the machine on or run Windows first and install Ubuntu then?

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Jesse92 (jessepottle) said : 		#4

I downloaded the cd and I'm trying to boot when it first turns on

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Connor Imes (ckimes) said : 		#5

Did you burn the .iso file as a CD image and not as a data cd? Did you then set your BIOS to boot from the CD drive before the hard drive?

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Jesse92 (jessepottle) said : 		#6

I dono I just pasted it on the cd and clicked burn ... and I dono how to do that

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arochester (arochester) said : 		#7

Copying an iso to a CD is not right.

Burning an iso is special and creates a special linux bootable disk.

Have a look at "BurningIsoHowto" on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

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Jesse92 (jessepottle) said : 		#8

Ahhh I see now ... It was burned inproprly

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Jesse92 (jessepottle) said : 		#9

Thanks Everyone for the help issue solved ... Will return if any other problems come up

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Jesse92 (jessepottle) said : 		#10

Thanks Tony Mugan, that solved my question.