downloaded version Ubuntu 8 won't boot or install

Asked by knight2000jb

I recently downloaded Ubuntu Version 8.04 and I can't figure out how to boot to it or install it. it seem that it isn't a bootible version. if I'm doing something wrong I'd like to know how to correct the problem. Please help.

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Micah Gersten (micahg) said :
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Did you burn a CD from it? Is your BIOS set to boot from a CD?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
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Ubuntu 8.10 some suggestions and tips and check steps to solve install issue

- Minimum system requirements to install Ubuntu 8.10 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements

- if you have more than 4gigabytes of ram and you want run 32 bits Ubuntu release please read:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=853678

Download the standard Ubuntu 8.10 32 bits iso image from here:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.10/ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso
or better using a torrent file:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.10/ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent

- Please check the md5sum of your downloaded Ubuntu .iso image file, here the https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM howto, and compare with http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.10/MD5SUMS

- Burn it on a cd rom, be sure to burn your cd at lower speed you can do usually 4x here an howto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

- Please also check the md5sum of your self burned cd. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

- Boot your pc from self-burned cdrom, if it don't start from cd please modify your pc BIOS settings by accessing to it usually pressing CANC or F2 or other keys (check into your motherboard paper documentation or watch carefully the screen, usually there are tips to access BIOS, when you switch your computer on)

- then to be sure your ram is ok, boot from Ubuntu live cd main menu and at first showed menu, select the item "Memory test" to test your pc ram memory

- Here the steps to install Ubuntu 8.04.1 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall

- Watch this video that show howto install Ubuntu on a pc with Windows: http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/Installing_Ubuntu_with_Windows_Dual-Boot

- if something go wrong at startup of Ubuntu live installation when you see the first cd menu like this http://i18.tinypic.com/6tzzndc.jpg pressing F6 you can put useful startup kernel boot parameters as showed here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions

Try to perform the "Memory test" and the "Check cd for defects" to be sure the cd is read without errors by the destination pc cdrom driver

- Booting from Ubuntu live install cd:
 * if you are in trouble with screen graphic user interface
   (usually the screen is black with a blinking cursor or screen out of range message):
- first try to dynamically change screen resolution please the press CTRL + ALT + "+" and/or CTRL + ALT + "-"
- Try to restart the graphic layer press CTRL + ALT + BACKSPACE
- Here the basic step required during install process http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-ubuntu-8.04-lts-hardy-heron

If you are still in trouble... please reboot your pc and starting with Ubuntu live cd please try to put some common Ubuntu kernel live cd options you can find the boot options howto here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions

Remove the "splash" and "quiet" options to see more boot infos message and/or errors.
Then try some commons parameters by putting them one by one or together:
noacpi nolapic nodma all_generic_ide pnpbios=off pci=noacpi

If this don't work i suggest you to download and burn on a cd at lower speed you can do (4x), here an howto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto, the Ubuntu alternate install cd iso image ( ubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso ) you can download this cd from here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.10/

Sometimes is useful to change, if you have 40-pin IDE cable for the CDROM, to an 80-pin IDE cable.

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/8.10/ please select a .torrent file

*** 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.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265
Then reboot again in Windows and make a clean shutdown.
Be sure to boot in Windows twice and to get a clear Windows shutdown.

***

Always useful is the online Ubuntu doc https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/

Hope this helps

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knight2000jb (knight2000jb) said :
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My Bios is set, but for the moment I'm all out of burnable discs. I can get one in a few days. I'm new to ubuntu (linux) And am trying to migrate from windows. I'd also like to find some FREE emulators that will allow me to run programs that are designed for running on windows, I have some PC games, and applications that I'd like to use. I have a "Ubuntu ver. 8 CD" but it's unusable. I don't think it was burnt correctly. if I'm wrong. and I hope I am, I'd like to figure out how to get it to work. I downloaded another copy of ver. 8, I grabbed a copy of ver 8.10 while i was at it. they're both "iso" images, but couldn't get either of them to work. Could it be a problem caused by my current OS? I'm running Windows XP home edition, but want to use linux as my primary OS. If I can get either one of these linux versions to work, then my next problem is SOFTWARE COMPATIBLITY. I pc software that i'm either used to using or still want to use. But first I have to
 get linux working first. when I have a CD to burn to. I'll contact you again.

Do I use a DVDR or CDR?

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Date: Thursday, December 25, 2008, 2:16 PM

Your question #55418 on Ubuntu changed:
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Micah Gersten requested for more information:
Did you burn a CD from it? Is your BIOS set to boot from a CD?

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Micah Gersten (micahg) said :
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You use a CDR and you'll need this program or another burning program to burn a CD from an ISO:
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

The built-in burner in XP doesn't do ISO's.

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