BIOS too old

[Patton Echols]

Johnny Lee wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> I think this issue probably had been brought up before. But I can't 
> find a satisfactory answer in the Ubuntu support database yet.
>  
> I think my BIOS (Windows XP) is too old. It can only boot from floppy 
> drive, dvd drive, network, and hard drive (in that order). I got to 
> the step of having Ubuntu 10.04 on a USB stick but I can't boot from 
> it. What can I do?
>  

Will the dvd drive boot a CD?  Why not boot from that?