[wellylug] Ubuntu

[Mian Lin]

hi,you can boot from the CD. if your machine cannot boot from CD, look
at the images directory in the cd,there is a file named with s*
(sorry,I cannt remmeber the name), will help you to boot from CD.
Mian

On 4/11/07, Leo McKEEFRY <leo.mary at clear.net.nz> wrote:
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> Hello list members,
>                             I am trying to run a copy of Ubuntu from CD as a
> trial. Mainly to find out if I can manage to return to handling command
> lines and also I am sick to death of the crashes my M/S XP platform makes.
>         I have forgotten how to use a disk to boot the system. Previously I
> seem to remember all I had to do was leave the boot disk in drive "A" and
> start the machine. This doesn't seem to work with CD rom drawer. Any help
> would be gratefully accepted. I have been being helped by Jethro Carr over
> the last week and his help has been unstinting and most valueable, but feel
> I should let the Webmaster do his job and use the list now,cheers Leo.
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