On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 18:35, Shoteka Zulu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Trying to install Ubuntu 8.04 from scratch and not from within windows. > But when I load the bootable it boots machine in dos mode and cannot be > installed. > Any pointers as to what pre-settings I need to chk or what ? >
Did you burn the ISO on CD/DVD correctly as an image. Some CD burning softwares create a bootable data CD instead of the OS boot image. This CD boots into DOS mode. Cheers, Hemant ---------------------------------------------- Registered Linux user #367178, http://counter.li.org Say NO to Monopolies. Boycott MICRO$OFT -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
