How to Boot from CD

Question

I want to Boot Ubuntu from a CD. I have installed the ISO file on a CD. I have changed looked at my Boot priority list in my BIOS settings and I don't think my CD is there because I called it Ubuntu. What is in my Boot priority list is:

SANTA CD: SlimtypeDVD A DS8A9SH
SANTA HDD: ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB
USB CD:
USB FDD:
HDD:
NETWORK:

I have disabled Fast BIOS Mode and enabled USB wakeup but my CD still doesn't show in the Boot priority. I have a Samsung notebook with windows 7 currently installed on it. I would like to have a dual boot. Can anyone help? If there are any more details that you need please tell me.

The name Ubuntu wouldn't show up. It would be the manufacturer of your CD drive. It looks like it's there. — Daniel, Sep 24 '15 at 16:38
@ThomasW. What CD Option? I just downloaded the ISO file and then copied it to my CD — Ben Welch, Sep 24 '15 at 17:01
@BenWelch copied what? The single ISO file? Or did you burn the ISO image to the CD? (Burning the image is different than just simply copying the .iso file to the CD) — Thomas Ward, Sep 24 '15 at 17:05
@ThomasW I just tried copying the single iso file. Is that may mistake? — Ben Welch, Sep 24 '15 at 17:09
@BenWelch it probably is if you didn't actually write the image that's within the ISO to the disk. Check my answer. — Thomas Ward, Sep 24 '15 at 17:14
possible duplicate of How do I make an Bootable Ubuntu USB? The accepted answer has a link to the official instructions for making an Ubuntu DVD at www.ubuntu.com. — karel, Sep 24 '15 at 17:33

Thomas Ward · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-01T12:32:38.390

We established that the issue was the user just wrote the .ISO file as a single file to the CD/DVD and did not burn the image. This is why the answer is written this way.

An .ISO file is a file that contains a copy of the image of a disk. To make an ISO work on USB, you have to burn the ISO to a CD drive.

If you did not burn the ISO, then you have a bad disk, and wasted a CD.

Read this page to know how to correctly burn the ISO to a CD/DVD.

How to Boot from CD

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