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ISO burn CD wont boot or install on clean disc

Asked by Robert Bates

Used two sources for Ubuntu 9.04 32bit. One from PCW magazine free DVD and the download from ubuntu site. Burnt both to CD. would not burn onto DVD. Noticed that data just about filled the CD. Attempted to install on AMD dual Core PC with clean disc.
Kept getting Error message to reboot. Went round in cicles to no effect.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#1

The best disks to use for this type of thing (rather than for data storage which is completely different) are the cheapest 'write once' cds such as ones you can only buy in packs of 10 or more. Here's a guide that might help
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

Oh, and ...
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD

Should get you to a menu with "Try Ubuntu without changes to this machine" and choosing this default option should get you to a working desktop comparable to whichever Windows you are used to, we call this a "LiveCd session" if it works. Most distros have this option although Ubuntu is the only one to give it such a fancy title & menu - it's good to check the distro works well on your hardware and that you like the way it looks and feels. Of course it's a little slower running from the Cd and things saved to the Documents folder vanish when you reboot or take the cd out but you should be able to save things to the hard-drive through the "Places" menu. Also Ubuntu seems to be about the only distro that picks up your internet connection and allows you to surf the internet with Firefox straight from the LiveCd session, in most others you have to press at least 2or 3 buttons to make that work ;)

Anyway, if the LiveCd session works then here's the best way to install Ubuntu (or any other distro imo & ime)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

Then you can sort all your multimedia in one go by working through this guide
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
I chose non-free components although i haven't had to pay anything for them but hope to free myself by going completely OpenSource some day.

Here's another guide that might help although this one is just for looking up occasionally rather than avidly reading all the way through ;)

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#2

Lol, ooops, hopefully this one will show up this time

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows

sorry i forgot it at the end of that last post lol :)

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