installation files

[Avi Greenbury]

eduardo a wrote:
> I tried to load the installation abuntu files from the cd that came on
> "The Official Ubuntu Book", and I get an error window that says it can
> not open the installation flies. I also went to the UBUNTU site and
> download the operating system, and I also get a window that says
> "Windows cannot open this file", then it tells me to either "use the web
> to find the appropiate program, or to select a program from a list on my
> computer".
> Has anybody have an idea of what I need to do?

It depends on which install medium you have. The CD that came with the 
book is probably a Ubuntu install CD, and the book should really run 
through installing Ubuntu, particularly using whatever method the CD is 
designed to provide.

In general, however, you need to have the CD in the disk drive while the 
PC reboots, and implore the PC to boot from that CD.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD

Is worth a read, though you can skip the first section since you can be 
fairly sure the CD's correct.

If that doesn't work, we'd need a bit more information:
Which Operating Sytem are you using at the minute? If Windows, which 
flavour (XP, Vista, 7 etc.)?
Do you have any CD burning software installed? If so, what is it?
What is the name of the file you downloaded, specifically, is it a .exe 
installer (for 'wubi' to install through Windows), or a .iso file, for 
creating an install CD?

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Avi Greenbury