Ubuntu 10.04.3LTS CD1 not bootable

[Bret Busby]

Hello.

Due to a problem with a computer not being able to find its FAT, I 
downloaded and wrote Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS CD1 iso to a CD, and tried to 
boot from it.

It would not boot on that computer, so I figured that it was a fault in 
that computer.

However, I have just tried to boot from that CD, in my laptop, an 
HP/Compaq NX5000, and it would not boot. It had a screen with the word 
Ubuntu, and about 5 or 6 litle boxes in a row underneath it, and the 
boxes lit up in sequence, and it cycled around doing that for a few 
minutes, and then the screen went blank and nothing else happened.

I removed the CD, and inserted a Ubuntu 8.04 DVD, and booted from that, 
and that worked.

So, it appears that Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS CD1 iso image, is not bootable.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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