You're supposed to burn it as an image rather than bootable cd.
Try this: http://members.home.nl/lsnoek/iso.htm#ezcd
Hello, I'm new to all of *nix, and I wanted to install Linux on my laptop, it's a really really old model Compaq Presario 1250, I was wondering if anyone could offer me some help on this. I played around with the BIOS and made a bootable cd, but when I reboot my computer, it doesn't even show the penguin screen, it just freezes at a black screen. I am wondering if I made a correct bootable disk, I chose "No Emulation" using Roxio's CD creator:
http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=get&tp=106635
You're supposed to burn it as an image rather than bootable cd.
Try this: http://members.home.nl/lsnoek/iso.htm#ezcd

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