[krissyafc]

I have 2 partitions and xp home on 1! I put the unbuntu cd n and restart and nothing happens if a try and run it from windows it wont pick it up! How do i install it?

[stuart.davis]

Originally Posted by krissyafc

I have 2 partitions and xp home on 1! I put the unbuntu cd n and restart and nothing happens if a try and run it from windows it wont pick it up! How do i install it?

What file format is the empty partition, ntfs, ext3, FAT ?

[krissyafc]

I have the wondows one on ntfs and the free one on ntfs

[vtel57]

Two things...

Did you burn your own Ubuntu CD? If so, did you burn it as an .iso image or did you just burn it as a data CD. A bootable CD must be an .iso image. Windows' built-in burning software does not have the ability to burn .iso images. You'll need a small app like ISO-Recorder by Alex Feinman to burn the image.

Secondly, if you did burn your CD properly (or you acquired a pre-burned CD from Ubuntu), then you'll have to make sure that your system's BIOS is set to boot from the CD/DVD device. You can usually bring up a boot menu at the BIOS screen using some key on your keyboard. Every BIOS is different, though. Read the info as the system loads. It'll tell you what key to press to get to the boot menu. For example, on my system, it's F12.

Luck!

[neos1]

Originally Posted by krissyafc

I have the wondows one on ntfs and the free one on ntfs

Once you get into your boot menu and make sure that you can boot from the cd as vtel57
stated, you of course know that you'll need to reformat the partition that you want to install ubuntu on?