On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 11:15 -0700, William Santiago wrote: > Carl & All, > > Thanks for your time, it is appreciated. In brief, after downloading the > distros, I used the preinstalled Roxio program (on my Sony Vaio) to copy the > distros to CD using the data option. It seemed straightforward but maybe > I need a more robust CD burning program. > > When I put the CD(s) into the drive while XP was running, I can see there is > data saved but I do not have software installed for Windows to read this > file type. > > I am not worried about what to keep or lose from my present LINUX > installation because I just got it onto my PC last night! I will play with > it and the accompanying book to familiarize myself with LINUX/Ubuntu so I > can grow with my PC. > > The install was easy, Ubuntu partitioned my HD and I gave it 150+ GB of > space. I ran the OS for the first time and downloaded a basket full of > updates and learned my version is no longer supported. I still need to try > and format the sound card but as I mentioned, this is just a vehicle to > learn for me. > > I think you folks are great to host these InstallFests and I hope to attend > the June 2nd Fest. I will pack my machine & peripherals and look forward to > some good education. > > Bill > > > > >From: "Carl Lowenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Friendly list for people new to Linux > ><[email protected]> > >To: "Friendly list for people new to Linux" <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: Booting from CD Question (Low Priority) > >Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 09:51:30 -0700 > > > >On 5/22/07, William Santiago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>First, thank you everyone for taking the time to read this message. > >> > >>The situation: > >> > >>I have downloaded 3-4 different distro ISO's and burned them to disk. My > >>PC > >>is set to boot from CD but I could get neither Ubuntu, Fedora, or Linspire > >>to boot from the CDs that I burned. Mandriva was the only downloaded > >>distro > >>that came up when I rebooted. > >> > >>I have "Linux For Dummies, 6th Edition" and the book's CD booted up > >>immediately but installation problems kept me from installing Fedora Core > >>3 > >>(Sigh). I got "Beginning Ubuntu Linux, First Edition" and likewise, the > >>books CD booted up immediately and I installed Ubuntu (Yes!). I will use > >>this to *learn* LINUX. > >> > >> > >>The Questions (3): > >> > >>1) Is it a normal occurrance that downloaded/burned distros do not boot > >>up? > > > >It is a moderately frequent occurrence that downloaded distros are not > >properly burned to CD. > > > >>2) Am I doing (or failing to do) something wrong (downloading, burning, > >>booting) due to my inexperience? > > > >I don't know. Tell me what you did. When you say "burned them to > >disk" what program did you use, and how did you use it? > > > >If you put the CD into the drive while Windows or Ubuntu is running, > >what happens? Can you read files and "folders" on the disk? > > > >>3) Is it difficult (for a newbie) to install a current version of > >>LINUX/Ubuntu on his (dual-boot XP) PC with an older (unsupported) version > >>already installed? > > > >Should not be too difficult once you get over the problems of > >producing a usable CD. Depends somewhat on what you want to keep from > >the older Linux installation and details of how it was done. Need > >more information to give you a better answer. > > > >If you are local to this area, come to one of our InstallFests. There > >will be two in June, most likely on June 2 and June 9. Stay tuned for > >the official announcement. > > > > carl > >-- > > carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >-- > >[email protected] > >http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie > >
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