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ngufly
October 2nd, 2010, 08:51 PM
Hello Ubuntu community,
This is my first post. I'm very new to Ubuntu. I got interested in it when trying to play Windows games on my Mac. I've tried WINE and didn't get anywhere fast, but thats another thread for a different forum.

For now I'd like to try Ubuntu. I downloaded the ISO and burned it to a DVD and a CD. When booting up my computer I get this message:

(initramfs)mount: dev/loop0 on //filesystem.squashfs failed: input/output error
can not mount /dev/loop0 (/cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs) on //filesystem.squashfs

I have no idea what this means. I've tried to find answers on this forum with no luck.

The computer in question:
iMac8,1
Intel Core 2 Duo
3.06 GHz
4GB Memory
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS (512 MB)
MacOS 10.5.8

Thank you,
ngufly

psusi
October 2nd, 2010, 08:54 PM
Sounds like you have a bad cd.

ngufly
October 2nd, 2010, 08:57 PM
I followed the instructions for burning to CD/DVD. I've made two disks. I'll try a few more.

ngufly
October 2nd, 2010, 09:47 PM
Got it to work!

Burned another CD using the instructions given on the site. Must have been the older CDs I'm using.

Thanks.