<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.24.1.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> You don't have to unpack the iso file. You need to chose the option 'burn iso' or 'burn image' in your cd burn application. more info can be found in on <A HREF="https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/switching/installing-burning.html">https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/switching/installing-burning.html</A> Op vrijdag 09-01-2009 om 11:32 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef steve: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> Hi, I want to try Ubuntu, I downloaded it and wrote the downloaded (zip) iso file to a cd. I looked for a txt file to tell be how to make it bootable  but there doesnt seem to be one in the download. I tried the cd but .....the cd doesnt boot! Some instructions for a really simple windows user. Cheers steve </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>