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[Jason Crain]

Jimmy Wagner wrote:
> Matthew Flaschen, you told me to try downloading the alternate CD
> text-only version of the Ubuntu live CD.
> I tried both the ubuntu-8.10-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent 
> <http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.10/ubuntu-8.10-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent> 
> and the ubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso.torrent 
> <http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.10/ubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso.torrent>, 
> burned them to a disk
> and they did not work. Are these the correct torrents or do I have to 
> download ubuntu-8.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent 
> <http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.10/ubuntu-8.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent> or
> ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent 
> <http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.10/ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent>. 
> If I did download the ones you were telling me about, could you either 
> tell me how to run them, or
> show me another way to run ubuntu with the requested live cd.

What files do you see on the disc?  Do you see a single file or several 
files on the disc?  If it was burned correctly, you should see several 
files like this:

cdromupgrade dists doc install isolinux md5sum.txt pics pool preseed 
README.diskdefines ubuntu