Jim, If your Windows system sees a single file named ubuntu-8.04-desktop-emc2-aj07-i386.iso on the CD, then the CD was not burned in the manner necessary. An ISO file is an image of a complete CD, not a single file intended to be put on the CD. Your CD burning software should have an option to burn a CD image from an ISO file. The name of the feature varies with the CD burning software that you have. The resulting CD will be setup to boot and has a Linux file system on it.
Once you have a CD that is correctly burned, it should be booted. This may require setting an option in your BIOS if it is not already enabled. Once you manage to boot the CD it will offer you a menu of options including testing the CD, testing memory, and loading a Live system. This last option will allow you to test Linux with real time extension and EMC on your PC without modifying your existing Windows setup. First, your machine needs to have enough memory to run the Live system. I think 256 Megabytes is needed. I also highly recommend running the CD integrity test and a memory test before you go too far. Flaws in either case can have you chasing things in circles with misleading symptoms. Regards, Steve Stallings > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Fleig - CNC Services [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 6:30 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: [Emc-users] How to get > ubuntu-8.04-desktop-emc2-aj07-i386.iso torun from a CD. > > I downloaded a copy of ubuntu-8.04-desktop-emc2-aj07-i386.iso > to my computer and copied it to a CD. When I select the file > on the CD a message window opens that states Windows cannot > open this file. Pursuing the next step offered in the error > window results in a window that states the file is a CD-ROM image. > > What am I doing or not doing? I was trying to get the EMC to > run from the CD. > > Jim > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with > Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can > use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly > engaging applications that combine the power of local > resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the > Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications > today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
