0

I'm trying to dual boot my computer with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04, but I'm having absolutely no luck. Windows 7 was pre-installed on my computer. I've created a 90GB partition for the OS, downloaded the 64-bit .iso file from the website (my computer is a 64-bit machine), burned it to a DVD, and restarted.

However, I get an error message saying that the file could not be read and that a kernel panic occurred. I have no idea how to fix this.

PS: I also tried an install using a live USB, and my computer didn't even recognize the USB drive.

mickmackusa
  • 852
  • 1
  • 10
  • 20
rafafan2010
  • 101

1 Answers1

0

If I was you I would get the 32bit version and see if that fails as well. It's very rare for a ISO image not to boot unless your computer is a very old model. I have booted from iMacs, MacBooks and regular PC's with no issues. Some old bios have issues booting from USB's but from a DVD is rare.

When you write the DVD, after you have burned it, pull it out and then stick it back into the computer to see if you see some files on the DVD, if you don't see any files it probably means you burnt it wrong. If you do see files add the list of the root directory to your question so we are sure that the files look ok...

Meer Borg
  • 5,003