You may have written the iso data directly on to the disk as just iso itself. The iso file must be written as an image. Check it out please. <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Charlie Kravetz <<a href="mailto:cjk@teamcharliesangels.com">cjk@teamcharliesangels.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:44:41 +0200 "Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu)" <<a href="mailto:amedee-ubuntu@amedee.be">amedee-ubuntu@amedee.be</a>> wrote: > Sean or Mona schreef: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Pridvi Kandagatla" <<a href="mailto:pridvik@gmail.com">pridvik@gmail.com</a>> > > To: <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> > > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 22:14 > > Subject: Installing Ubuntu > > > > > >> Hello, > >> I recently downloaded the iso file of the latest version of Ubuntu > >> to install on my laptop. When I put the cd into my laptop, the > >> autoplay > > feature > >> is not working. I am not getting a menu of any sort. I can explore > >> the contents of the cd and the autoplay feature is working on > >> another computer of mine, which is a desktop. Also, when I try to > >> boot from the disk, I am getting an error and I can't boot from > >> the CD. What should I do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > It was a disaster for me. A terrible disaster. > > This bugger is a 1.8 ghz Pentium 4 that I'm running. But I tried > > installing Ubuntu 9.04 and not only did it crawl like molasses but > > nothing could be done with it. > > Indeed I'm not sure if the menus were supposed to work in a similar > > fashion to MS Windoze, but I tried left clicking, right clicking, > > double clicking, just waiting to see if they drop on their own - > > nothing. A misaligned screen display didn't help much, I suppose. > > But after all the hope and hype and buildup and anticipation that I > > had subjected myself to -- I was really let down. > > I was really hoping it would be my salvation from Windoze. No. It > > was useless. So I'm back with Windoze 2000 and the very least I can > > say about it is -- well.... it works. > > > > > I suggest installing with the Alternate CD, followed by "sudo aptitude > install xubuntu-desktop" to get a lightweight gui, XFCE. > > <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingXubuntu" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingXubuntu</a> > Please just download and install Xubuntu. If you install Ubuntu, then add Xubuntu-desktop, you still get all the gnome apps that are slowing it down. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [<a href="http://counter.li.org/" target="_blank">http://counter.li.org/</a>] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [<a href="http://keepingdreams.com" target="_blank">http://keepingdreams.com</a>] -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Arda EDEN Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Music Technology Sivas/TURKEY