View Full Version : [ubuntu] weird....
rywibr
May 6th, 2008, 09:45 PM
So I went to install ubuntu 7.10 on my sister's desktop (don't worry, I asked her permission first =P) and weirdly enough the liveCD wasn't recognised at all on her system... which is really weird cause its the same disc I used on my laptop, and my guess is that her computer is fairly old so maybe thats why. But honestly, I have no idea.
Its annoying me cause I made a liveUSB which doesn't work on her PC either cause the BIOS doesnt give the option of booting to a usb device:(
any suggestions on how to get it to work?
wpshooter
May 6th, 2008, 09:50 PM
I am correct in that you are saying that you did try making the CD drive the first boot device in BIOS, correct ?
rywibr
May 6th, 2008, 09:52 PM
yes, i did.
I'm not that slow :P
-quick response btw, thanks :)
haiji
May 6th, 2008, 09:56 PM
Maybe you can try another liveCD (8.04, other distro... etc) to see what happens...
rywibr
May 6th, 2008, 10:01 PM
hmm... well I'll get right on that once I get some cash cause I'm all out of blank discs :(
wpshooter
May 7th, 2008, 07:04 PM
hmm... well I'll get right on that once I get some cash cause I'm all out of blank discs :(
Always pay a little more and get CD-RW media and you can use them over & over & over again.
Also, have you tried updating the firmware on the CD drive to the latest version ?
thisiam
May 7th, 2008, 07:13 PM
check this (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/Netboot) out or WUBI, haven't tried wubi myself but from what i have read from other users here its easy setup.
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