The disc worked on my laptop just fine. I then tried to boot from it on an AMD desktop and it won't get past the hardware configuration status bar.

I also tried to boot from a ubuntu disc that did a similar thing. I get splash screens, but it won't complete the boot.

Am I looking at an incompatibility issue?

The desktop is an AMD 2600 with 512mb ram. Laptop is a Dell 6400 T2500 with 2 gigs of ram.

Suggestions?