Ubuntu 10.04.3LTS CD1 not bootable

[Colin Law]

On 3 November 2011 16:35, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
> 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.

First I suggest burning another CD, at slow speed, to check it was
burned corrrectly.

Colin