I've downloaded an Ubuntu 6.06.1 ISO and want to use it to boot from CD. I thought that it would be sufficient to set the BIOS to boot first from the CDROM, but Windows loads nevertheless. I've checked sites describing how it's necessary to create a boot file (or alternatively, use a commercial CD burner to create a bootable CD). Any help is appreciated. I've been told to expect Ubuntu to load and offer an option to run the CD live or to install. Is any or all of this correct? Thanks in advance for any help and/or advice.

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Test cd on another machine to prove it might work. Some old cd drive's can read home made cd's. Be sure you burned the iso as an image not a file. I suggest that you do not attempt this. If you bork your windows you'll be back. Consider a virtual machine for testing linux/beos/solaris/qnx/bsd and such. I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you goober.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

Did you burn a CD from an image? Which files are in the CD's root directory? Just the .iso image file? if this is the case, you burned a data CD. The Kubuntu iso file is a 'picture' of the contents of the CD (that's why it is called an image file). You must choose the option to burn a CD from an image file or the disk will not boot. When you burn the disk, do the burn at a slower speed than the disk or drive can support. I use mostly CD-RW's here, which can burn at 12x, but I keep my burn speed at about 8x. This practice greatly improves my chances of getting a good burn. HTH, Ernie Registered Linux User 247790 ICQ 41060744

Try disabling the hard drive as a boot device from the BIOS settings. Occationally when I try to load a bootable CD, my laptop will ignore the CD and go right to the hard drive. Once you install it or want to boot the hard drive, renable it. Also, if you extracted the ISO image with ISO software, then burned it using the Windows CD burner program, the CD may not be bootable.

If you copied the .ISO directly to a CD, it's not gonna do anything. I use a program called DVD Decrypter...it makes burning image files very simple. All you need to do is double click on the ISO file, then when DVD Decrypter pops up, just select the write speed & click on "write". Here's a direct download link to DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0: http://www.soft32.com/download/63-7...