[GRLUG] newbie help

[Cameron]

Rick,
I put the disk into the computer.  I opened "my computer" in Windows XP.
The CD Rom drive showed as having Ubuntu in it.  I opened the disk with
explorer.  I believe that all the files that should be on the installation
disk were listed on the CD.  So, to make a short story long, yes the current
OS recognizes the disk.  It does seem to be slow, however.  Thanks for
replying.  Any wisdom?

Regards,

Cam Milkins
National Real Estate Advisor
Sperry Van Ness/Silveri Company
cameron.milkins at svn.com
cmilkins at tds.net
(616) 780-5634


-----Original Message-----
From: grlug-bounces at grlug.org [mailto:grlug-bounces at grlug.org] On Behalf Of
Rick Vargo
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:29 AM
To: grlug at grlug.org
Subject: Re: [GRLUG] newbie help

Cameron,

Can this computer see everything that is on the CD your burned after it
is booted into the old OS on the machine you are trying to install to? 
Frequently your issue is due to a format that your CD drive doesn't
understand or media that is not rated for the speed of your drive.  For
example, A couple of year old CD burner may not be able to use a 700 mb
CD-R/CD-RW format but can read a 650 mb format just fine (Unfortunately
most distros require a 700 mb disc).  Also check the speeds that your
media supports on the label and compare it to you drive and verify that
your media is compatible with your burner.  Hopefully, this will help
you out.

Rick


Cameron wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm not trying to create rookie spam here, but I couldn't see any way
> to filter this email to the appropriate parties.  I could really use
> some help.  I have tried to download and burn iso images at least a
> half dozen times for a few distros of Linux.  No matter what I do, I
> can't get any of them to boot.  I have tried some user forums and
> followed all kinds of advice to no avail.  I have tried different disk
> burning programs, different speeds, bit torrent downloads, and the
> list goes on.  Does anyone have a clean copy of a current release for
> a user-friendly Linux distribution that is easily understood by
> newbies.  Or, does anyone have a "silver bullet" for getting a clean
> iso image disk for installation.  I'm sick of Windows and want to
> change, but currently frustrated by obtaining Linux.  Please help.
>
>  
>
> Regards,
>
>  
>
> */Cam/*
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