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Title: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: hndaklr8480 on April 18, 2007, 06:50:30 PM
hello computer world.   I am trying to install linux on my computer.  I have been to many web sites that say just download the iso, burn to disk, put it in your computer and it will boot and start installing.  Well my computer will not boot the disk,  it just boots up windows.  Now I have not changed the boot order in the bios because when I turn on the computer,  there is no option that lets me access the bios menu,  usually it will say press F2 or something for setup,  but i get nothing.  So i would greatly appriciate any ideas.
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: GX1_Man on April 18, 2007, 07:38:27 PM
Did you burn the ISO with Nero or some other burning program? If you just copy the ISO file you downloaded to a CD that is not bootable.
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: Raptor on April 18, 2007, 08:37:31 PM
Well, message to enter the BIOS or not, you're going to have to find the right key [sequence]. I suggest reading the mainboard manual or just pressing common keys such as F12, F10, F2, del...
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: hndaklr8480 on April 19, 2007, 09:10:16 AM
thanx for the help
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: GX1_Man on April 19, 2007, 01:39:28 PM
Still waiting for an answer...
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: contrex on April 19, 2007, 01:55:30 PM
Still waiting for an answer...

Reckon this is what did it?

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If you just copy the ISO file you downloaded to a CD that is not bootable.
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: GX1_Man on April 19, 2007, 02:14:21 PM
At this point we just don't know.
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: contrex on April 19, 2007, 02:22:38 PM
A lot of people just never come back on this forum, don't they? I post on AfterDawn as well, and it's the same story there.
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: GX1_Man on April 19, 2007, 04:20:43 PM
Alien abductions are on the rise, and it is a serious problem.


(Thanks, Patio,  ;))
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: hndaklr8480 on April 20, 2007, 06:23:23 PM
Now Now,  I am just busy my friends I am trying to learn a lot of  things at once and have just now installed nero and now I will give it a shot and see if it work.  I will keep you updated.   Do I just burn the image through nero or is there some sort of setting that has to be set?
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: hndaklr8480 on April 20, 2007, 06:30:24 PM
Ok fellas i burned it with Nero and it didn't work  :-\ I will keep trying and checking back here to see brain storms work out
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: GX1_Man on April 21, 2007, 05:23:12 AM
Use "burn as ISO". Again, just burning the file will not do it.  ;)

Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: hndaklr8480 on April 21, 2007, 08:12:41 PM
break through people.  The computer booted the cd but I know experiance a new problem.  The command prompt comes up.  So I take a look to see what is in the directory.  wwbmu.exe, readme.txt,dconfig.sys, and a autodos7.bat.   So i run the .exe file.  Looks like the linux install but it is all in german or something.  So is there a way to change the language or what did i do wrong.  Or do you think that it might be the mirror i downloaded from?  Right now i am downloading again but this time i made sure it was from north america. 
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: Raptor on April 21, 2007, 08:21:35 PM
What version of Linux are you trying to install? You should choose Ubuntu, it comes with a very easy installer. Looks almost like Windows 2000/XP.
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: hndaklr8480 on April 21, 2007, 08:31:52 PM
jackpot, after some exstensive research that is the version I pick looked like a good learning curve.  So that is why I am a little confused because it told me that a screen would pop asking what language i wanted and I would be able to go from there.  But if that was the case it would have been way to easy for my first linux install. Only one thing to do and that is keep trouble shooting.
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: hndaklr8480 on April 21, 2007, 08:45:44 PM
jackpot, after some exstensive research that is the version I pick looked like a good learning curve.  So that is why I am a little confused because it told me that a screen would pop asking what language i wanted and I would be able to go from there.  But if that was the case it would have been way to easy for my first linux install. Only one thing to do and that is keep trouble shooting.
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: contrex on April 22, 2007, 01:28:42 AM
I would imagine if the ISO you downloaded contained .bat and .exe files then it isnt a Linux install CD. You've succeeded at making a bootable DOS CD.

If you type VER at the prompt, and you see FreeDOS mentioned, I think I can guess what happened...



Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: patio on April 22, 2007, 02:11:14 AM
You could also visit Ubuntu's site and order their CD's...they will ship you up to 10 copies of their latest.

It comes with a live CD that you can just run from the CD and a full installation CD that's bootable as well...

Very Handy.
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: hndaklr8480 on April 22, 2007, 07:31:34 AM
now i tried to download from a new mirror and it did the same thing
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: contrex on April 22, 2007, 08:05:52 AM
What is the web page, what is the file name, and how are you burning it?
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: hndaklr8480 on April 22, 2007, 08:23:35 AM
im downloading from the ubuntu homepage bout 700megs
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: hndaklr8480 on April 22, 2007, 08:31:05 AM
Command promt is as follows.  "[DR-DOS] A:\>"  When i run the .exe its almost like i see a screen flash before it and i selects the lauguage automaticly Hey i figured it out did what i should have done in the first place went to the home page and followed there instructions to a tee and it is working so far but it is loading slow
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: patio on April 22, 2007, 09:40:13 AM
You could also visit Ubuntu's site and order their CD's...they will ship you up to 10 copies of their latest.

It comes with a live CD that you can just run from the CD and a full installation CD that's bootable as well...

Very Handy.

Why are you not trying this method ? ?
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: Raptor on April 22, 2007, 10:05:00 AM
I give up, I haven't got a clue as to what the OP is trying to do here.. I've never seen anyone make such a problem out of unpacking/burning an image to a CD and then boot from it..
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: contrex on April 22, 2007, 12:04:04 PM
What he found out, but hasn't told us, is that he had burned a bootable data disk, not the iso image. wwbmu.exe is a German partitioning tool for DOS. That's the clue. Google for it and you will see just how many people make this mistake.
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: patio on April 22, 2007, 12:11:25 PM
With 3 day shipping he would have had his Ubuntu CD's by now...

And they are FREE.
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: GX1_Man on April 23, 2007, 02:20:36 PM
Did you burn the ISO with Nero or some other burning program? If you just copy the ISO file you downloaded to a CD that is not bootable.

From six days ago.
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: hndaklr8480 on April 25, 2007, 06:20:01 PM
ok sorry folk that i have left some of you lost i am in the process of doing a lot of things and trying to learn HTML, XHTML, Java script and some other things.  So here is an update.  Went to the web page the gave directions and link to a program that i burned the iso image on and it works the os started to load.  but i soon discovered that it was just way to much for my machine to handle.  I put it in my new machine and it booted just fine.  Tried to install it and got past the first step and i swear to god there was no way what so ever to move to the next step.   Any one my old machine is an Old IBM Aptiva  386 probably or maybe if i am lucky 486, but my goal is to use this machine to host a simple web site.  So does anyone know of a small, well balanced, stable linux version that i could run and learn from for my old IBM?
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: Raptor on April 26, 2007, 01:11:29 PM
Double post, same answer:

Gentoo.
Title: Re: Computer will not boot off a cd
Post by: GX1_Man on April 26, 2007, 04:59:34 PM
A 386 and how much RAM (he cringed) and how big a hard drive?

I think you CAN, but it will not have X Windows, only command line and that can be quite a steep learning curve.

By limiting yourself with this machine you may have an unpleasant experience which is not necessary.