I CAN'T INSTALL UBUNTU LINUX ON MY DESKTOP COMPUTER WHY WON'T IT????

[DON FERRIN]

SORRY ABOUT THAT THAT IS THE SERIAL NUMBER I MET TO SAY THE COMPAQ 7500. BUT 
WHERE YOU SENT ME WON'T DO ME MUNCH GOOD BECAUSE THERE IS FOR LAPTOPS AND 
NOTEBOOKS MINE IS A DESKTOP. SO PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW HOW TO INTALL 
ON MY COMPUTER.

DON

>From: John Levin <john at technolalia.org>
>Reply-To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>Subject: Re: I CAN'T INSTALL UBUNTU LINUX ON MY COMPUTER WHY WON'T IT????
>Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 15:44:40 +0000
>
>
>On 6 Mar 2005, at 15:14, DON FERRIN wrote:
>
>>I am a newbie to the Linux opperating system and am having trouble 
>>installilng Ubuntu 4.10 and as far as that goes I have tried to install 
>>Mandrake 10.1 and Fedora Core 3 Operating systems on my Compaq Presario 
>>model # SR1023WM Computer that has a CD-Rom Drive Soney CD-RW model # 
>>CRX215E5. I have my Bios set to Boot my CD-Rom DRive first on my boot up 
>>of my Computer. I am running Windows XP on my computer. What it is doing 
>>is that it keeps toggeling beween trying to install Linux and booting up 
>>Windows XP it keeps doing this until I shut the computer off or I take the 
>>Install Cd out of my computer. It does the same thing with all of the 
>>systems that I have listed above. so what should I do to get the Linux 
>>installed on my computer????
>>
>
>Is that the right model number? Seems more like a serial no. than a model 
>no.
>Anyway, first stop for you should be:
>http://tuxmobil.org/compaq.html
>Which carries reports on many installs on various Compaqs.
>For the record, I tried the live cd on a Presario 2100 recently, and had no 
>problems.
>
>John
>
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