help to install

[Tony]

SteVe Cook wrote:
> hananiasq at juno.com wrote:
>   
>> i downloaded a copy of the ubuntu 7.04. i burnt the cd, but my computer
>> doesn't read or notice their is a cd on the boot up.  Yes, i have it to
>> boot the cd first then the hard drive.  I tried other different linux
>> programs like Suse 10, and it does the same thing.  doesn't read the cd
>> on boot up. 
>>
>>
>>     
> Are you able to boot the machine from the hard disk and if so can you 
> then read the CD?  If you can't read the CD you have a hardware problem. 
>   If you can then is the machine really set to boot from the CD.  On 
> some machines you can select 2 or 3 boot devices in order, try selecting 
> the CD for all of them.
>
> SteVe
>
>   
 Are you sure you  burned the CD right?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/iso

If you have then it maybe your hardware.