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tom0407
March 3rd, 2010, 10:19 AM
Hi,

I'm having problems getting Ubuntu installed on my machine. I've created the CD with my main computer and when I put the disk in the drive of the computer I want to put Ubuntu on, it just ignores it... I've checked my bios settings and the boot sequence seems to suggest it should look in the CD drive first. When I made the CD I also asked it to be created so as to be used on different PCs so I don't think that's the problem...

Basically it loads up Windows regardless (which is broken anyway and the reason I'm trying to install Ubuntu).

Any tips on this kind of situation?

Thanks,
Tom

namluc
March 3rd, 2010, 10:21 AM
there should be a button you can press upon booting that enters the boot menu f12 on mine. then you can manually choose.

if your computer is less than 5 years old and you can boot from usb, you can always try unetbootin