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I want to Boot Ubuntu from a CD. I have installed the ISO file on a CD. I have changed looked at my Boot priority list in my BIOS settings and I don't think my CD is there because I called it Ubuntu. What is in my Boot priority list is:

  1. SANTA CD: SlimtypeDVD A DS8A9SH
  2. SANTA HDD: ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB
  3. USB CD:
  4. USB FDD:
  5. HDD:
  6. NETWORK:

I have disabled Fast BIOS Mode and enabled USB wakeup but my CD still doesn't show in the Boot priority. I have a Samsung notebook with windows 7 currently installed on it. I would like to have a dual boot. Can anyone help? If there are any more details that you need please tell me.

Ben Welch
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  • The name Ubuntu wouldn't show up. It would be the manufacturer of your CD drive. It looks like it's there. – Daniel Sep 24 '15 at 16:38
  • @Daniel My CD's manufacturer is Woolworths Worthit – Ben Welch Sep 24 '15 at 16:56
  • @ThomasW. What CD Option? I just downloaded the ISO file and then copied it to my CD – Ben Welch Sep 24 '15 at 17:01
  • Use `SANTA CD: SlimtypeDVD A DS8A9SH` – A.B. Sep 24 '15 at 17:02
  • @BenWelch copied *what*? The single ISO file? Or did you burn the ISO image to the CD? (Burning the image is different than just simply copying the .iso file to the CD) – Thomas Ward Sep 24 '15 at 17:05
  • @ThomasW I just tried copying the single iso file. Is that may mistake? – Ben Welch Sep 24 '15 at 17:09
  • @BenWelch it probably is if you didn't actually write the image that's within the ISO to the disk. Check my answer. – Thomas Ward Sep 24 '15 at 17:14
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    possible duplicate of [How do I make an Bootable Ubuntu USB?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/287064/how-do-i-make-an-bootable-ubuntu-usb) The accepted answer has a link to the official instructions for making an Ubuntu DVD at www.ubuntu.com. – karel Sep 24 '15 at 17:33

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We established that the issue was the user just wrote the .ISO file as a single file to the CD/DVD and did not burn the image. This is why the answer is written this way.

An .ISO file is a file that contains a copy of the image of a disk. To make an ISO work on USB, you have to burn the ISO to a CD drive.

If you did not burn the ISO, then you have a bad disk, and wasted a CD.

Read this page to know how to correctly burn the ISO to a CD/DVD.

Thomas Ward
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