I agree, If you don't tell them they won't know will they? On Jan 10, 2008 3:03 PM, Roy Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think that my reply was rude. Aside from netiquette, it is hard > to read something that is in all caps. I don't think your response was > called for. I was not on a soap box. My aim was to help the person and > nothing more. Obviously it rubbed you the wrong way, but I was not writing > to you, was I? > > Cheers, > Roy > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Wesley Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <wesleyjmartin%40yahoo.com>> > To: [email protected] <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2008 11:26:59 PM > Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] linux bootable cd won't boot, but windows > will: help install lunix. > > If you considered this rude then you should not have replied, I hate the > people who want to take what an individual plainly typed out in a got format > to seperate each section and give complete information but because it was in > caps you had a problem, get off your soap box > > First, please do not type in capital letters. It is considered to be rude > (yelling). > > If the CD is bootable then it should make no difference whether it is a > Linux or Windows CD. Since it does not boot on your computer, I am > suspicious about the CD. > > Also, Ubuntu 5.04 is very old. I suggest that you get the latest version, > 7.10. To get the latest version go to distrowatch. org and download the > iso file. Do not copy it to CD, instead open the image file (iso) in your CD > burning program. This will burn the image to CD as a bootable disk. > > Ubuntu loads as a live CD (fully functional OS) without installing it, > running from the CD. Once it boots to the desktop you can choose to install > it onto your hard drive. > > Another way to install Ubuntu is from Windows. Go to: http://wubi-installer. > org/ and download the file. It will install Ubuntu > 7.04 on your computer from within Windows. It takes care of all of the > decisions and does not require any partitioning knowledge. It is only in > beta. It requires at least 4 GB of free HD space. > > If you prefer you can also get a file which modifies the bootloader to use > your network card to download the appropriate files without a CD, but you > would need a hispeed internet connection. Go to: http://lubi. sourceforge. > net/unetbootin. html > > Good luck! > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: justbelive2001 <justbelive2001@ yahoo.com> > > To: LINUX_Newbies@ yahoogroups. com > > Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2008 8:28:09 AM > > Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] linux bootable cd won't boot, but windows will: > help install lunix. > > MY COMUTER WON'T BOOT THE LINUX CDROM. BUT IT WILL BOOT A WINDOWS CD. > > IVE ALSO TRYED MY COPY OF OS\2 IT WON'T BOOT THAT EITHER. I KNOW THE > > CD'S ARE BOOTABLE. BECAUSE THEY WILL BOOT IN A ANOTHER COMPUTER. I > > EVEN GOT THE LATEST BIOS UPGRADE. STILL NO BOOT. I HAVE WIRELESS > > CONNECTION. SO NO HELP ON NETWORK INSTALL. ALSO TRYED BOOT MGR. NO > > HELP THERE EITHER. ALSO TRIED SERVEL CD DISK DRIVES.NO > <http://drives.no/>BOOT. CAN'T > > BOOT FROM USB EITHER. > > IS THERE SOME PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP ME BOOT FROM DOS. > > OR CAN I INSTAL A DISKETTE VERSION OF LUNIX AND BOOT FROM THAT. AND IM > > LOST ON HOW TO MAKE THEM. NEW TO LUNIX. > > I ALSO HAVE THE INSTALL AND LIVE CD. THAT CAME IN THE MAIL. THEY > > WON'T BOOT EITHER. BELIVE ME IVE TRIED SERVEL BIOS CONFIG. 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