Ubuntu on live cd

[iamjustin]

I have just installeed bootcamp and windows xp and that is working perfect on my mbp, i am wondering how to boot ubuntu from a live cd? i thought i had the live version downloaded, i burnt it onto a dvd disc with toast but when i restart my mbp and hold option i just get windows and macantosh for os's. then i try restarting and holding c and i just boot in osx. can someone tell me what i am doing wrong, or if i did not download the correct distro ?

 

[macduke]

not sure about macs but i know on my pc you have to go into the bios and make sure you have the cd set as bootable. usually this is found under the boot priority order. otherwise it goes to the hard drive first. again, not sure how mac bios works since i've never messed with it, but i hope this helps.

 

[iamjustin]

hmm thanks anyways, can i boot in windows on my mac, and do what ur saying while im booted in windows?

 

[Eidorian]

I've booted and installed Ubuntu on Macs before. I just burned the image using Disk Utility and booted off the CD/DVD using the 'C' key after the boot tone.

 

[TheStu]

It might be that it is a DVD? I am not too familiar with the inner workings of ISOs, so you might want to try burning it to a CD. Or, get a trial version of VMWare Fusion or Parallels, and install Ubuntu to that.

 

[iamjustin]

really? well call me a noob, but how might u go about doing that?

 

[Jiddick ExRex]

not sure about macs but i know on my pc you have to go into the bios and make sure you have the cd set as bootable. usually this is found under the boot priority order. otherwise it goes to the hard drive first. again, not sure how mac bios works since i've never messed with it, but i hope this helps.

Macs use EFI (Extended Firmware Interface) which has nothing to do with the BIOS, thusly you cannot set this bootable parameter even if you boot into windows, because Bootcamp emulates the BIOS on the EFI...

Good idea though.

 

[DaveTheGrey]

I remembered watching this video some time ago.
Perhaps it helps.

 

[sbluetruck]

just don't accidentally click the install icon on the desktop by mistake and you'll be fine

 

[angelwatt]

I've booted and installed Ubuntu on Macs before. I just burned the image using Disk Utility and booted off the CD/DVD using the 'C' key after the boot tone.

That's all I did too and worked fine for me. Maybe you burnt the wrong version?

 

[iamjustin]

no im pretty sure i got the right cd. i logged onto windows and put in the ubuntu cd, and the ubuntu logo and everything came up and gave me all this info and telling me i should boot off live and all that stuff and gave me instructions to just reboot the comptuer. but that never worked, so any idea why this isnt working?

 

[iamjustin]

acutally it may be the wrong version or something i dunno, but could someone send me the link to a proper ubuntu, fedora, or beryl live cd distro so i could try it?

 

[Eidorian]

http://osmirrors.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/

 

[iamjustin]

and burn the disc image right

 

[iamjustin]

and that didnt work

 

[Eidorian]

Are you holding down Option or 'C' after the boot tone?