Running Ubuntu from CD

[Roger Neth Jr]

On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 01:18 -0500, Deq Hussein wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I am new to Ubuntu.
> I downloaded ubuntu (ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso), extracted it and burned 
> the extracted files onto a CD. Tried to boot Linux from that CD but no 
> success.
> I must be doing something terribly wrong. I need some help. Is my approach 
> right or did I get it complete wrong.
> 
> Thanks,
> Deq
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> From: "Alex Mauer" <hawke at hawkesnest.net>
> To: <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 3:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Starting applications at boot
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Hello Deq, 

Have you tried the alternate CD and/or perhaps try a lower speed to
burn.

I don't know about checking the CD image after downloading, checksum5 I
believe.

HTH

Roger

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