Help with Switching from Windows

[hippie dream]

Does Windows read the CD? It should come up saying Ubuntu 8.04 as the disk
name or something like that. Also define fail? Does your computer crash? Are
you pressing F12 at boot up? Also remember that you need to burn as an .iso
file rather than simply burn the iso file onto the disk. 

Matthew Bartek wrote:
> 
> Hello and good afternoon.
> 
> I apologize if this question is very basic and is getting sent to many
> people as I am new to Ubuntu and to this listserv. I am trying to switch
> from Windows (read: liberate myself) and I ahve downloaded the iso file,
> verified it using md5sum (spelling?), and have tried to create a bootable
> cd, but it hasn't worked. While this problem could be with my computer
> (the
> computer that I want to load Ubuntu onto is basically broken--I tried to
> reset the boot order, but it said "operating system not found" unless I
> allowed it to boot from the hard disk), I am wondering how to check to see
> if the cd that I created from teh iso file will actually work. I actually
> made two: one using the windows XP cd burning system, and one using Nero.
> For the windows disc, I dragged the file into my CD drive and then clicked
> on: "burn disc". For Nero (I have version 7), I followed these
> instructions:
> http://www.bay-wolf.com/burnimage.htm
> 
> Still, when my put the cd in my computer and try to boot from it, it
> fails.
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Matt
> 
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