[Sussex] New Ubuntu (11.04) older PC (about 5 y.o.) and how, to get it sorted - possible fur

[Desmond Armstrong]

On 22/05/11 12:36, johnsemailaccount at gmail.com wrote:
> So I'm hoping for any advice that might
> help me get it to boot a CD, then we can just (hopefully) install the 
> 10.04 to the / so that we can use an older nvidia driver, that does 
> seem to work/have support......

It does sound as though you simply have problem with the DVD drive. I do 
find that these are not the most reliable of things, fortunately they 
are not very costly to replace. So I would check with a replacement 
drive in the first instance.