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ok i have decided to try out linux, i downloded a live cd distribution, burned the iso file to a cd and tried to boot from it wont work! please tell me what i am doing wrong, and tell me how to do it correctly plz!

i have already download “feather-0.7.5.iso”. i wright it to a cd-rw but my computer did not recognise it at the black screen.

I’m trying to get Linux Ubuntu 6.10 “Edgy Eft” running, but the live CD won’t even work. Ive tried trouble shooting like downloading a new ISO, making a new copy, using a one hundred percent workable ISO recorder, and changing the BIOS.

The first issue was it didn’t even attempt to start. I fixed it by changing the bios to boot up from a disk drive first. That worked, and I was able to get to the “root boot-up” screen.

The ther was a second issue. The disk defect thing worked perfect, detected no errors. However, even in safe graphics mode, something caused it to go massively wrong. I thought my laptop turned into an expensive paperweight! Turns out that it wasn’t a linux or LCD screen problem, or linux, but rather the laptop itself. The CD works on all computers ‘cept for mine.

Heres a link (WARNING: Takes a while at 3:14 mins [hey, thats pi!] and the good part is the last few seconds) http://youtube.com/watch?v=ADhc4VWkGFE

I haven’t ran the memory check yet, but im sure thats not the problem.

My Sony Vaio runs the CD well. So does my dad’s Dell Inspiron. However, my Toshiba Tecra won’t. Instead of going to the screen on boot-up, it continued to run the Windows XP boot up. The ISO was the official one, and I used the official ISO recorder. I made another CD, and its the same problem. My laptop has had issues with many computer games, specifically the classic NVIDEA display problem, but it seems that is unlikely. Maybe it could be caused from interferrence from an ISO mounter. Do I need to set my computer to read the CD before it boots?

Well i got the iso for ubuntu and burned it to a disk. Now im running the live boot cd thing to see if you like it. But i have some questions
1. Will this run yahoo messenger
2.Will this run most microsoft programs??
3.How do i connect to wireless internets. Its simple on xp
4.I want to have a dual boot between xp and ubuntu. when i hit installi have 3 options: either erase entire disk but that would kill xp…or i can use the largest continous free space or i can manually edit partion table

Partion looks hard
would the free space option work.

When i click that it say
GRUB ill be installed to hdo

no partion table changes and creation of file systems have been planned. if you plan on using already created file system, be aware that exisitng files may prevent the succesfull instalation of the base system

Thanks
UPDATE: step by step on installing for dual boot please