Re: install lenny on Dell
On Sat August 28 2010 04:54:01 pm Tom Poe wrote:
> I bring up stuff on my computer, and it has an icon with CD-RW/DVD-ROM
> drive. I downloaded a lenny i386 iso image, and used brasero to burn it
> to a Memorex DVD+RW disc. I shut down computer, started computer, got a
> blinking cursor for a few seconds, and then moved to ubuntu (installed
> operating system). Does this sound like I have to go buy some other
> discs, because my drive is too old, and can't read the DVD?
> Tom
I've had that happen to me once or twice and sometime after all works as
expected..
You could also try booting the installer from a USB stick if the CD can't be
made to work. That's generally what I do these days rather than messing with
CDs
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