Installing Ubuntu

[Pierre]

When I get the reboot menu here's what I see:

    Boot Device Menu
* Onboard or USB Floppy Decice
*ST3320633AS
*Onboard or USB CD-ROM Device
*USB Device

*System Set Up
*Hard Drive Diagnostics
*Boot to Utility Partition

Use Up/Down arrows to Highlight desired item
use Enter to select highlighted item

When I select Onboard or USB CD-ROM Device (4th on the list)
I get this response  : Selected Item Not Available
Strike F1 to try to reboot,F2 for set Up Utility

That is why I say I can't boot from the CD-ROM,although it shows up as an 
option.
  What's my next move?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CJ" <debiani386 at gmail.com>
To: "Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions" 
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:25 AM
Subject: Re: Installing Ubuntu


> Pierre wrote:
>> I have an external hardrive on which I would like to install
>> Ubuntu,,but I can't get the  BIOS  on a Dell PC Dimension E520 to boot
>> from the CD-ROM,,,,, any suggestion?
> im not sure how you go about doing this (because my machine boots to
> cds), but you can make a boot floppy specifically for ubuntu, then run
> the install
>
>
> --cj
>
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