<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dan,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Pg 34 in the manual states the boot menu is accessed by the ESC key and BIOS setup is accessed by F2. Sometimes the CD is just a bad burn though, will it boot on another computer? I usually burn at lower speeds than my burner is capable of to help avoid errors in the burn process. I tried to attach the manual but it was too big to avoid moderation by the list admin. Here's a link to the manual instead:</span><div> <a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/K54C/E6591_eManual_K54L_K54LY_Z106.pdf">http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/K54C/E6591_eManual_K54L_K54LY_Z106.pdf</a></div><div><br><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br> </span></div><div style><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Jon</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 3:10 PM, <a href="mailto:goodtimetribe@gmail.com">goodtimetribe@gmail.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:goodtimetribe@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=goodtimetribe@gmail.com&cc=&bcc=&su=&body=','_blank');return false;">goodtimetribe@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">i havent seen anyone come up with the most basic of basic checks though,<br> maybe it did and maybe i missed the answer:<br> <br> does it boot with any other cd?<br> <br> answering that question will narrow the scope to either the disk or to the system<br> <div class="im"><br> On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 03:06:49PM -0600, Skip Guenter wrote:<br> > F12 is most common on Dells but could be F1, F2 or ESC to get to the "boot<br> > option" menu right during BIOS check. Sometimes you can just set it in the<br> > BIOS boot order to look at the CD first.<br> ><br> > On 03/03/2013 03:00 PM, Dan Healy wrote:<br> ><br> > F12 does not let me choose a boot device. I have an ASUS X54C-MS91 Laptop<br> > Computer. It came with Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit). I<br> > burned an Ubuntu 12.04 CD in June of last year when I got this computer and<br> > used it to create my current system. When I looked at the contents it<br> > looks just like the one I burned today.<br> ><br> > Dan H<br> ><br> </div><div class="im">> On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Lee Sharp <[1]<a href="mailto:leesharp@hal-pc.org" onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=leesharp@hal-pc.org&cc=&bcc=&su=&body=','_blank');return false;">leesharp@hal-pc.org</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> > On 03/03/2013 01:45 PM, Dan Healy wrote:<br> ><br> > I did "open with brasero" and got the same results, 9 folders,<br> > boot,<br> > casper, dists, install, isolinux, pics, pool, preseed, ubuntu, and<br> > 4<br> > files, autorun.inf, md5sum.txt, README.diskdefines, and wubi.exe.<br> ><br> ><br> > So if the CD shows that, it looks good. What kind of computer are you<br> > on? Can you hit F12 to choose a boot device?<br> ><br> > Lee<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > --<br> > Ubuntu-us-tx mailing list<br> </div>> [2]<a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-tx@lists.ubuntu.com" onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=Ubuntu-us-tx@lists.ubuntu.com&cc=&bcc=&su=&body=','_blank');return false;">Ubuntu-us-tx@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: [3]<a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/</a><br> <div class="im">> listinfo/ubuntu-us-tx<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > --<br> > S. R. 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