Help Please

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Dear Clayton,

Many thanks for your clear explanation. I was wondering what an ISO file was. I will try your suggestion. I am sure it will work now. Ubuntu Dummy Stan



> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:14:54 -0400
> From: elmo at ne.rr.com
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Help Please
> 
> elmo wrote:
> > Clayton wrote:
> >   
> >>> I have downloaded Ubuntu 4 times and burned it to CD but it will not load.
> >>> The ISO Ubuntu file seems OK.
> >>>
> >>> I have a blank formatted HDD and put the Ubuntu CD into the CD drive, set
> >>> the Bios to boot from CD, but it does not load.
> >>>
> >>> What could the problem be?
> >>>     
> >>>       
> >> Are you burning the ISO as data to the CD (when you open a file
> >> manager and look at what is on the CD after you burn it, do you see
> >> the ISO file, or a bunch of other files and directories)?
> >>
> >> The ISO is an image.  Think of it as something like a zip file.  A zip
> >> file can contain lots of other files all packaged together into one
> >> file.  You must unzip it to get at the stuff inside.  Well the ISO
> >> works in a similar way... it is a single file and inside it is all the
> >> files all bundled together.  To make it "readable" and "bootable" you
> >> need to use your CD burning software to burn the ISO to CD, not to
> >> burn data to disk.
> >>
> >> Here is an example with images using Nero:
> >> http://wizardskeep.org/mainhall/tutor/neroiso.html
> >> Depending on what software you are using, the menu selections could be
> >> slightly different.. hopefully this gives you an idea what needs to be
> >> done.
> >>
> >> C.
> >>
> >>   
> >>     
> > The ISO file that you download is not the file that you install....don't 
> > make a CD directly from the ISO download.  You must first convert the 
> > ISO download to a IMAGE CD.   For this. you must use a burner program 
> > that converts the ISO download to create the IMAGE CD. If you still have 
> > Windows, you very likely have a CD burner, such as Nero, that will do this.
> >
> > elmo
> >
> >
> >
> >   
> I should mention that UBUNTU has CD burners but you need to have a 
> working UBUNTU to use them.  But which comes first, the chicken or the egg?
> 
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