<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Ralph Kessel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ralphkessel75@yahoo.com">ralphkessel75@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I've been playing with my new notebook and I'm trying to update to a newer version of Ubuntu. Unfortunately, since IBM Thinkpad X21 doesn't have a native cd, I used my ucb CD reader. The system doesn't recognize the CD as bootable and hangs up when I attempt to change boot parameters. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I like this machine very much and this not a complaint. Just a request for assistance. Thanks,<br>
Ralph Kessel<br></td></tr></tbody></table><br></blockquote></div><br>Do you mean update from one version of Ubuntu to another? If so, use update manager. <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading">http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading</a><br>
<br>Other options are to install from a usb thumb drive (may not work if you can't boot from a usb cd though) <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick</a><br>
<br>Or if you have a working MS Windows installation you can install via wubi <a href="http://wubi-installer.org/">http://wubi-installer.org/</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Matthew Nuzum<br>newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, <a href="http://identi.ca">identi.ca</a> and twitter<br>