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Xavier Moavero

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Hello,
i have been trying to install Linux Devian on my old computer. I tried to boot it from a live CD, so i burned the disc, followed all the directions on how to, then upon booting the old thing (running Dell from 2008) it wouldnt boot from the disc. After a few other tries, i tried another approach. I tried to boot from USB. I used UnetBooten to make the Live USB, but when i booted up the computer with it set to boot from "removable" first, i get the error "diskette drive 0 seek failure F1: Continue F2: Setup" so i pressed continue and got the message "Boot Error" any ideas what to do?
UPDATE: if it helps at all the top of the BIOS menus says:
Pheonix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
 
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Come to think of it, it's rather strange that the OP posted these events in this order:-
I tried to boot it from a live CD, so i burned the disc, followed all the directions on how to,

Xavier - what utility did you use to burn the ISO and the download on to a disk?
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skittle

skittle

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From boot menu: check to see if USB drive is actually listed under "hard drives" instead of removable disks. Also I have never had luck using unetbootin. I always use linuxliveusb (lili) under windows.
Also consider disable floppy device in bios.
 
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stillblue

stillblue

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Sounds to me like you have a bad download, either check the md5 or redownload.
 
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Come to think of it, it's rather strange that the OP posted these events in this order:-
I tried to boot it from a live CD, so i burned the disc, followed all the directions on how to,

Xavier - what utility did you use to burn the ISO and the download on to a disk?
 
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Xavier Moavero

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I tried to do the Live disc installation first, so i followed the instructions from Debian's website, downloaded the ISO file and burned it to a blank, 700 MB CD-R. that gave me nothing, even with the optical drive set as the first boot device. When i tried the Live USB method, i used UnetBooten and when i went to the computer's BIOS before trying to instal, i realized that it had a floppy disc set, so i removed it, which solved the diskette error. Also in BIOS, i swiched the main boot device to removable, then went into the priorities for removable and t recognized the USB stick i had plugged into the computer, so i set that as the #1 priority. Hope that clears it up
 
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