Ubuntu

Boot Disk will not boot??

Asked by Van

Ubuntu V6.06

Disk has been burned and when in explorer shows the correct content.
Disk can be run from drive when in the windows OS and appears ok.
When bios has been accessed and boot priorities changed to CDROM 1st priority and hard drive 2nd priority windows loads as usual? -- no sign of Ubuntu.
When bios has been accessed and boot priorities changed to CDROM 1st priorty and all else disabled black screen displays this message --"Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter."
When hard drive is enabled in 2nd priority again, windows boots up and all is as it was.
How can I boot up with Ubuntu running as my OS?????

Thanks in advance

Van.

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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said : 		#1

Thanks for your question.

Just to make sure, because this is easily daon wrong, and I have done that in the past too. Did you copy the .iso file to the CD as a Data-CD or did you burn the .iso file as an image to the CD? In the first case the Disk in the Drive should show the .iso file, in the second case it will show directories and files that are the packages for ubuntu.

The correct way is the second.

I hope this helps.

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Van (kevin-g-drake) said : 		#2

The disk or disks as I did this three times!!! do appear to have the correct filies and not the single .iso file.
Like I said it really does appear to be ok as it boots while in the windows OS, but not on start up?

I have no idea where to go next and may be stuck with XP :o((

Van.

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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said : 		#3

Maybe this screencast helps you. Maybe it gives you an idea what you might have done differently.

http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Downloading_and_Burning_an_Ubuntu_ISO

I hope this helps.

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pitwalker (pitwalker) said : 		#4

Maybe I know what is your problem.

The CD is not CLOSED?
I burn once an OS iso to CD with multisession, and I leave the disc opened -> cannot boot. :-(

I suggest for you write Linux distributions to CD-RW-s. The new version is always on the horizon. :-)

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