I have had similar problems like this in the past. In my case, I installed a different optical drive I had around and all booted fine after that.
HTH Paul On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 17:00 -0400, Douglas Pollard wrote: > Hi all, I have a a dell computer with XP in it.I downloaded EMC with > Ubuntu 10.04 and burnt a desktop dvd. I turn the machine of and restart > with the dvd in the drive. IT starts reading the DVD the little dots > keep changing color on the splash screen as expected but the operation > comes to a stop and Ubuntu does not open so you can run it or install > it. I have downloaded and burned two separate disks and also tried > tried a couple others of Ubuntu 10.04 only. None of them will open and > run or install. They appear to be loading up to a certain point. I > guess there is something in the bios that needs to be changed, any > ideas ??? > Doug ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
