[Gloucs] Problem with Ubuntu live

[Mick Brooks]

Steve Greig wrote:

Hi Steve,

I'll just ask a quick question before the Ubuntu experts turn up:

> I just downloaded the ubuntu live cd and transferred it to a CD and
> then (leaving it in the drive) rebooted the computer. As it started I
> pressed F12 and got to a menu where I choose the option to boot from
> the CD/DVD drive. To my surprise it just booted up into Windows XP as
> normal. The file I downloaded was called: ubuntu-5.04-live-i386.iso

How did you transfer the .iso file to the CD? You have to burn it as
an image - you can check this by examining the CD in XP, and if you see the
file ubuntu-5.04-live-i386.iso it's probably wrong. If you see something
else, then it's probably right and we have bigger problems.

Sorry if you know about all this, but I'm slow and need to start from
the beginning...

All the best,

-- 
Mick Brooks
michael.brooks at physics.ox.ac.uk