BIOS too old

[Johnny Lee]

The Ubuntu 10.04 netbook version can only boot from USB stick, as far as I can 
tell.

The desktop version has the option of booting from CD or USB stick.

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:04:54 -0700
From: Patton Echols <p.echols at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: BIOS too old
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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?

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