Sometimes you have to enable the drive to boot from it. Most times you
highlight it and press space. If you look at the bottom or right side of the
screen you should see which keys do what. Also, you might have a bad CD or a
bad CD drive. But make sure that you have it set to boot correctly first.
On 10/30/07, arske4i <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm new to Linux and have been trying to boot my computer from the CD
> Rom drive. I have a HP Pavilion 533w. I am running Windows XP Home
> edition. I can move the CD to the top of the boot sequence list, but I
> don't think it matters. There is a + by the hard drive and other drive,
> but not by the CD Rom drive. Is there any suggestions?
> I have tried ver 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1 Ubuntu with no success.
> I am wanting to run a dual boot system until I can become familiar with
> Linux.
> Thanks for any help.
> Dennis
>
>
>
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