Ubuntu crap.

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Apr 3 2006, 2:59 am
I wanted to use a restore disc on my old eMachine to reinstall WinXP, and it currently has Ubuntu on it. Apparantly, Ubuntu doesn't want to mount the CD drives so it won't load the disc when I start up the computer. Is there any way I can uninstall Ubuntu from within the OS and use the restore disc?
Apr 3 2006, 3:26 am
this should have nothing to do with Ubuntu (or any OS for that matter) - booting from CD is usually a BIOS thing. check to make sure your BIOS it set to allow booting from CD first - or atleast *before* the HDD kicks in.
Apr 3 2006, 8:45 am
In response to digitalmouse
Go into your bios and see if the Hard-Drive is set to boot before the CD, this could be your problem.
(I believe, on my atleast, you can hit Esc at the Company Screen to choose booting prefrence.)

Again, like digitalmouse said, an OS has nothing to do with booting from a CD *before* it even enters the OS.

Hope your problem is fixed.
Apr 3 2006, 12:13 pm (Edited on Apr 3 2006, 12:18 pm)
In response to Flame Sage
What I meant was that I went into Ubuntu and checked the CD/DVD drives, it said they were unmountable, so I thought there might be a problem with the CD drives, which I've recently found out not to be the case. I already looked into the BIOS and all I can see is a way to load different modes of Ubuntu and an option to get into the command line.
Apr 3 2006, 12:25 pm
In response to Artemio
You might need to do a sudo to mount them. Depending on your settings. It might also be a driver issue, if your CD drive is non-standard, there is a good chance that Ubuntu does not support it natively.
Apr 3 2006, 8:44 pm
In response to Artemio
that was not the BIOS you were looking at, but the linux bootloader.

almost immediately after booting the machine, you can press some key like F1, F7, or Esc, something that will interrupt the booting process and show a BIOS settings screen. it is here where you check for the booting order for your devices. check with your computer's user manual to find out how to access the BIOS settings.
Apr 4 2006, 10:17 am
In response to digitalmouse
I tried that, nothing worked.
Apr 4 2006, 8:40 pm
In response to Artemio
then you are gonna have to figure out how to get your BIOS to boot from CD - this is not an Ubuntu problem, except where Ubuntu is not recognizing your drive after booting. and without seeing the problem first-hand, there is not much help we can provide, i think.

he other possibility is that the CD you are trying to boot from is bad, causing the computer to not recognize it as a bootable disc. try a couple of other known boot-CDs to be sure.