RC - Um, let's pretend I am a noob - Where's "Check CD for Defects"??

[emarkay]

Yadda Yadda, yes, the frilly-pantie Plymouth gee-whiz LSD trip screen appears after the "watch the lights go from red to white and back again and again", gimmick, but, after all that silliness, I then go directly to the choice to "Try..." or "Install...".

Surely some of us are not intuitive enough or are not adequately medicated to be able to figure out the secret method to just confirm that our newly minted CD is good! (I am guessing it has something to do with that goofy "Keyboard equals Stick-Figure-in-Circle" graffiti on initial load...)

Jeez, who's the RainMan that made this change? GRRRRR!!!!!!

MRK

[carl4926]

Actually trying a live cd will give you a good idea

But:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/CDIntegrityCheck?action=show&redirect=CDIntegrityCheck

[emarkay]

'Member, I's a Noob. I downloaded the I386 CD from the offishul websight. What'chu talking about "Live CD"? Huh?
And, uh, dood, that's not a Lucid pitcher on there...

[VMC]

...(I am guessing it has something to do with that goofy "Keyboard equals Stick-Figure-in-Circle" graffiti on initial load...)
...
Once the "Stick figure" appears push the space bar and you will see the familiar boot menu.

[emarkay]

Once the "Stick figure" appears push the space bar and you will see the familiar boot menu.

Wow, are you a guru? Are you empowered with the spirits of the Gods? How, please reveal, did you discover this?

I have heard the wailing and gnashing of dentures from the the trailer park across the tracks that they are so waiting to see if their K-mart CD-ROM's are and is be good to play with this new Uboontwo thingie...