question from brand newbie re booting from Ubuntu 7.04 CD

[cj]

Rod Clay wrote:
> Hello.  I just burned my Ubuntu 7.04 CD yesterday and booted from it to
> begin to check out Ubuntu.  Here's my question:  some things were not
> working, for example, my Firefox browser appeared not to be able to find
> my internet connection.  Are there some facilities that do not work when
> I boot from my Ubuntu 7.04 CD (like my internet connectivity, and maybe
> other things as well, like printers), but which may work just fine
> when/if I install Ubuntu on my harddrive?  Or does the failure of these
> facilities to work when I boot from the CD indicate that there are
> problems with these facilities working in Ubuntu and which therefore are
> likely to be problems when/if I install Ubuntu 7.04 on my harddrive?
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Rod Clay
> clay.1 at osu.edu
>
>
>   
ok i figured out how to get it to work, i sudo'ed into SH and then 
executed getty. worked like a charm
now im on, but the text looks like crap. its in regular form, but when i 
execute a command, it randomly places it all over the screen. is it just 
hyper terminal or is it normal?

--cj