Re: [PLUG] Installation obstacles

["Paul L. Snyder" <plsnyder@drexel.edu>]

Quoting Melissa Yarborough <myarborough@gmail.com>:

> A new linux user, switching from a poorly installed Mandrake to a
> hopefully 
> correctly installed Ubuntu distribution, I cannot figure out how to boot
> the 
> installation disc. It does not automatically pop up when I start or
> restart 
> the computer (2000 IBM Thinkpad). Is there a command to use once I'm in 
> Mandrake that will allow me to install Ubuntu? Or is there another way to
> boot the installation disc? 

If you can boot from a floppy disk, another things to try is Smart Boot
Manager.  Follow the instructions at

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SmartBootManagerHowto

and see if that works for you.

Cheers,
pls
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