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**Zenthachall** · 07-20-2010, 02:04 AM

Got two Ubuntu help questions.

One is an Asus laptop (A Republic of Gamers machine). It is a nice computer that is currently a doorstop. When he tries to turn it on, it launches the little Republic of Gamers animation, then goes to an error screen asking for a Windows CD. The "Restore Disk" doesn't work.

So i was going to try Ubuntu for him. But it won't boot the ISO i have in the CDROM. I can get it to ask what i want to boot, but it only recognizes Vista as an option.

I have had to use that little utility so it would give me "Ubuntu" as an option, but i cannot get into Windows on this machine. Is there a utility that I can run that will force it to boot to the CDROM so we can effect an install?

The second one might eventually tie into the first one. I put Ubuntu on moms desktop. It has 10.04. Are there any tweaks specific to this build, or can i just reference the commands provided when i did my own PC? I will be working on hers. I got Ubuntu on, and just need to modify it for user experience.

I also upgraded my own to the newest version. Little slower, otherwise no real difference detected (outside having an extra 2 workspaces to not use).

07-20-2010, 02:04 AM	#1
Zenthachall Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 438 Senior Member	Ubuntu help Got two Ubuntu help questions. One is an Asus laptop (A Republic of Gamers machine). It is a nice computer that is currently a doorstop. When he tries to turn it on, it launches the little Republic of Gamers animation, then goes to an error screen asking for a Windows CD. The "Restore Disk" doesn't work. So i was going to try Ubuntu for him. But it won't boot the ISO i have in the CDROM. I can get it to ask what i want to boot, but it only recognizes Vista as an option. I have had to use that little utility so it would give me "Ubuntu" as an option, but i cannot get into Windows on this machine. Is there a utility that I can run that will force it to boot to the CDROM so we can effect an install? The second one might eventually tie into the first one. I put Ubuntu on moms desktop. It has 10.04. Are there any tweaks specific to this build, or can i just reference the commands provided when i did my own PC? I will be working on hers. I got Ubuntu on, and just need to modify it for user experience. I also upgraded my own to the newest version. Little slower, otherwise no real difference detected (outside having an extra 2 workspaces to not use).
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