[HLUG] installing Ubuntu 8.04

[GRAHAM COLE]

hi Roy
when I downloaded Ubuntu  once before I had got an ISO file, not the 
ready-to-use Ubuntu. This was changed into the correct form by a simple 
process.  Can you check this out on the Ubuntu download page?
Graham

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy" <ixu at btopenworld.com>
To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group." <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:53 PM
Subject: [HLUG] installing Ubuntu 8.04


> Hi all,
> I want to install Ubuntu 8.04 onto my 'old' laptop.
> I've downloaded Ubuntu and burnt it onto a CD.
>
> On Laptop.
>
> I have C:/> on screen and put the CD in the drive -- nothing happened.
>
> Can someone guide me thro' the procedure to install Ubuntu ?
>
> I am generally OK with PC's but not Linux. [whisper, I use Ms XP.]
>
> Roy
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