I got a old compaq computer thats running windows ME I been using ME on that computer for a couple days now and i kinda like it but I would also like to put Ubuntu on this machine as well I put the ISO on a DVD I started my ME machine got into the bios to check the boot order and when i found it i got 2 options the floppy drive or the HDD now this caught me puzzled there is one CD drive and one DVD RW drive in this machine and neither of them were listed in the boot order Im sure the drives work because I burnt a CD on the DVD drive not to long ago So what im asking is what can I do to make the DVD first in the boot order any help would be greatly appreciated

128MB isn't enough RAM to run Ubuntu....256MB is the minimum. And if you'd like it to run reasonably well, you should have at least 512MB. http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/rel... You're wasting your time with Ubuntu, at least with your current RAM situation. As for the boot order...the setting has to be there somewhere. Are ALL your drives being properly detected by the BIOS?

BTW, I hope you burned the ISO file to the disk using a program such as IMGBurn & didn't just copy it over as an ISO. Also, there was no need to use a DVD...Ubunutu will fit on a standard CD.

Yo i fixed the problem the ribbon cable looks as if its been cut or crimped i went and changed the cable and bios recognized the drives i realized Ubuntu is too much to ask of this machine so im gonna put a 196mb or less version of Xubuntu on it And no I used Image burn I've many boot discs before