Re: [orca-list] ubuntu on vista machine

["ashley" <ash cox talktalk net>]

Is the computer setup in the bios to boot from cd?

ashley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michael weaver" <weavermicha googlemail com>
To: <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:39 PM
Subject: [orca-list] ubuntu on vista machine


> i have recently bought a new laptop.
> it is a toshiba, running windows vista, not sure of the model
> unless i can find sighted assistance to tell me.
> i tried to run the latest ubuntu from the live cd but nothing
> seems to happen.
> the drive churns away a few times and then stops.
> i tried alt f2 and typed orca but got no speech and on one
> occasion i pressed enter after the cd drive had stopped spinning
> and it just launched vista.
> could anyone possibly tell me how i can get around this problem
> as i am the only member of my family who is willing to use linux.
> it is problems like this where a fully sighted girlfriend would
> come in handy as regards knowing what is going on on the screen.
> unless the jaunty cd doesn't recognise some of my new laptop
> hardware, the only thing i can think of is that my cd drive is
> not set up to run during the boot stage so it is not running the
> cd automatically to bring up ubuntu which was not a problem on my
> compaq presario 140.
> i have heard about this tool called wubi.  would this tool get
> around the problem ie could i possibly run the live cd and maybe
> even install ubuntu from within vista itself?
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