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How to install Ubuntu on a new computer?

Toke

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I have just bought a new laptop. The newest from asus G74s.

After getting it home I download skyrim and an Ubuntu 11.10 iso file to a cd.

Now comes the problem of getting it to boot from the CD drive, there is no promt to press f12 or such to enter bios. Maybe it has something to do with it having a sdd drive for the opperating system?

The CD got a file called wubi which claims to be able to help with cd boot, except it does not work.

Does anyone have an idea?
 
I misunderstood what you meant by BIOS, so this wouldn't be helpful.

Some computers are set to not prompt you to be able to boot from something like a CD. Unless it's what you mean by BIOS, you can change it in the Setup menu by pressing what you are prompted to press, which in my case is F2, right as the computer is booting and you might see the computer brand logo on the screen. You have to be quick.

In this Setup menu, go across to main and see if 'F12 boot' or something similar is disabled. Enable it if it is not.

If it is enabled, pressing F12 at the point you pressed F2 will give you an option about what to boot from.

From the Setup menu, you could also set it to boot from a CD as a higher priority, and then set it back when you have installed it.
 
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Toke said:
I have just bought a new laptop. The newest from asus G74s.

After getting it home I download skyrim and an Ubuntu 11.10 iso file to a cd.

Now comes the problem of getting it to boot from the CD drive, there is no promt to press f12 or such to enter bios. Maybe it has something to do with it having a sdd drive for the opperating system?

The CD got a file called wubi which claims to be able to help with cd boot, except it does not work.

Does anyone have an idea?
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Have you tried booting with the CD in the drive? Usually the default boot order will be CD first. (Used to be floppy drive first, when PC's actually had them.) Also, if you just bought it, did it come with a manual? Or does it have an online manual? If none of those work, try F2, Escape, Delete or other function keys. There has to be a way to get into the BIOS setup, even if the prompt is disabled.
 
I have a Toshiba laptop that doesn't have a regular BIOS setup. What you have to do is hold down an arrow key (left or right) right as the PC starts up and the Toshiba logo appeared. From there you have a set of icons below the logo to choose from that allows you to boot from the HD, CD, USB, Network and Firewire. This wasn't well documented in the user manual and I ended up having to call the manufacturer to figure it out.
 
As others said, you usually have to press ESC or DEL (but it might be space, or tab, or something else) at the right time while it's booting to get into BIOS. It varies from computer to computer.

Once you get into BIOS, there should be an option for boot sequence or boot order, probably in "Advanced Settings". Play around with this option to get the CD drive before the hard drive. To save the options, you normally press F10 to save and exit.

But normally the CD/DVD drive is set to boot first by default. You should just have to put the CD in and reboot the computer to boot from the CD.

To make sure, you did burn the image in the ISO file to the CD, and didn't just burn a copy of the ISO file onto the CD? Because if all you did was burn a copy of the ISO file to the CD it won't boot because it's not a bootable CD. If you right click on the ISO file on your hard drive, there will probably come up an option such as "Burn image to CD". (I'm not sure, it's been a while since I've used windows.)

Personally, I prefer Xubuntu over the latest version of Ubuntu. The changes they made to the KDE desktop since the last version makes Ubuntu look very impressive, but in my opinion more annoying to use. (On the other hand, I also like XFCE better than KDE, so I'm probably biased.)
 
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Sam.I.Am said:
Wubi.
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Although it is still there, Wubi is being removed as of Priapic Penguin.

Oh and if you are just curious about Ubuntu, I would install it under a Virtual machine, Virtualbox being the most easy I have found. You will get a performance hit, but still good enough to use.
 
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I have managed to get it installed. By pressing ESC and F2 repeatedly during booting.
Things are looking fine but will be somewhat delayed by Skyrim and a toothache.
 
From what it sounded like on the Ubuntu UK Podcast, from someone who works at Canonical, it's just that the Wubi installer will no longer be provided on the disc.
 
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