Linux Ubuntu

[stalesweetness]

Downloaded Ubuntu to my Laptop and am trying to make a bootable cd to load on my new desktop. brand new build and need to add OS to start using. I dont have a Microsft office disk so I am going this route. So how do I make a bootable disk and more so what file do i need to find as the boot image? I dont have a 1.44 floppy disk so that option is out.

[soybean]

You downloaded an .iso file, right?  You need to burn it to CD but it needs to be burned in a specific way that expands/extracts the image so you have usable files on your disc.  In other words, some popular burning programs such as Nero may not work.  I suggest ImgBurn for this.

[stalesweetness]

The "iso" files that downloaded are.

isolinux.bin

there are no .iso files. i donwloaded it from the site. I went to imgburn but dont know which program to download. There were a couple- download to chrck hardddrive, download to convert to mp3, ect. which one do I use?

Even when I make the disk bootable. I am not sure which file I need to click to make the disk bootable. The only two "boot" images are

isolinux.bin
sbm.bin

If I need to choose a different file I can, but I am unsure which file it is.

[soybean]

Where did you get those files?  You need an .iso file, a file ending with .iso.  For example, you could download ubuntu-10.04.2-desktop-i386.iso from http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download. 

To get ImgBurn, select a Mirror download site from http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download. 

[stalesweetness]

i got those files from the same lin you gave me but I downloaded the 10.10 version and not th 10.4. I assumed the 10.10 would be better and have a few more features and kinks worked out.

[soybean]

Get version 10.10, 10.04LTS, or whatever you want.  The point is that you need a .iso file, not a .bin.   

[stalesweetness]

I get what you are saying. I am saying that is what was in the file when I unzipped it. Ill see what develops

[stalesweetness]

ok. i just strated downloading both copies and they download as .iso files. do i unzip them or burn them to a disk as the zip file? that is the only .iso file i see.

[Geek-9pm]

As stated earlier, you need a ISO burner.
Here  is yet another one.
http://www.freeisoburner.com/
And here yet another Ubuntu site.
http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/

[stalesweetness]

I understand this might be frustrating to some but I have never gone this route and it is new to me. Thanks

[stalesweetness]

I will look at the iso burners. All I have is roxio easy cd creator

[patio]

Soybean see here:
Same issue...

[stalesweetness]

Ok. I got imgburn and got the disk to boot in the new system. I get to the screen where it says

Try Ubuntu without installing
Install Ubuntu
Check Disk for defects
Test memory
Boot from first hard disk


F1 Help F2 Language F3 Keymap F4 Modes F5 Accessibility F6 Other Options

I clicked Install Ubuntu and it went to a black screen with a blinking line and that was it. Reset and got same screen and clicked Checck disc for defects and the same thing happened.

[Computer_Commando]

I will look at the iso burners. All I have is roxio easy cd creator

Roxio should do it, too.  Look for menu item something like "Burn image" to disk, not copy file to disk.

[stalesweetness]

Got the disk burned. please read post right before yours. that is the problem i am having now.