On 23 Nov 2007 04:59:45 GMT, andrew <andrew@ilium.invalid> wrote:
>On 2007-11-23, Old Enough <ab@cd.ca> wrote:
>> I just downloaded ubuntu-7.10-alternate-i386.iso
>>
>> I understood that, if I burned this to a CD, my computer would boot
>> from the CD to the LINUX (ubuntu) OS.
>
>You have inadvertently downloaded the iso that will /not/ do as you
>were imagining. I guess you were planning on trying Ubuntu simply from
>the cd /without/ installing it? For this you need the Live CD not the
>alternate CD.
>
>Try:
>
>http://www.ubuntulinux.org/getubuntu/download
>
>and /don't/ select the alternate cd. You can still install with the
>alternate cd but the 'try before you buy' of the Live CD is not there.
>
> Andrew
Thank you, Andrew, and all the others who replied.
This certainly seems to be a newsgroup with a lot of friendly and
helpful people.
I have downloaded the Live CD, and the computer boots from it, using
Ubuntu.
There are other issues now (the main and first one being that my
screen (a 19" LCD) shows an error message "Out of Range" which I have
not been able to get rid of, so far.
However, I'll soldier through, see what I can do, and come back for
more help if I can't get anywhere.
Thanks to all!
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Old Enough
to know I don't know a thing ....