Burning your downloaded Ubuntu image

Now you have a Ubuntu image on your PC, you need to get it onto a CD.

From Windows

  1. If you do not have software to burn an ISO image, download Infra Recorder, an open source image burning software.

  2. Insert a blank CD-R, if a dialog box pops up - click Cancel.

  3. Open Infra Recorder, and select the Actions → Burn image.

  4. Select the Ubuntu CD image file you want to use, then click Open.

  5. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

From a Mac

To burn most ISOs, you can use Apple's Disk Utility (Disk Copy in older versions).

  1. Launch Disk Utility Applications → Utilities → Disk Utility

  2. Drag the ISO to the sidebar of the Disk Utility main window.

  3. Select the ISO where you just dragged it, and select Menu → Image → Burn...

  4. In Disk Utility, ensure that the Verify burn checkbox is ticked. You may need to click on the disclosure triangle to see the checkbox.

  5. Insert a blank CD and select Burn

Check that the verification was successful. If the verification was unsuccessful, make sure that a sample of the directories on the CD can be accessed by the finder.

From Ubuntu

  1. Insert a blank CD and select Ignore from the pop up dialog.

  2. In Nautilus, right click on the downloaded ISO and select Write to disc.