Vyom, You will have more luck having your questions answered by posting to the Twin Cities Linux User's Group mailing list (CC'd above). However, in order to get the best answers in the shortest amount of time, you need to be more precise in describing what problems you encounter. Read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html for a guide. For instance, you wrote > When I boot the CD that I got with my book, it does not do anything to > my computer. That is not clear and nobody can help you with that. You should try to rephrase it as: I have performed the following steps: 1. powered on the computer 2. while the computer was POST-ing, I opened the CD tray and loaded the Ubuntu disc 3. waited for the OS to boot I was expecting that: 1. Ubuntu boots and I get a login screen I have observed that: 1. Windows Vista loaded and I got a login screen Best, florin ----- Forwarded message from Pamela Vold <vold at cs.umn.edu> ----- > Subject: [Grads] Any grads willing to help a high school student? Fwd: Help > with Terminal/Linux > From: Pamela Vold <vold at cs.umn.edu> > To: grads at cs.umn.edu > Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 12:25:50 -0500 > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Help with Terminal/Linux > Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 00:28:21 +0800 (SGT) > From: Vyom Joshi <joshivyomi at yahoo.co.in> > Reply-To: Vyom Joshi <joshivyomi at yahoo.co.in> > To: gustafso at cs.umn.edu <gustafso at cs.umn.edu>, head at cs.umn.edu > <head at cs.umn.edu> > CC: csa at cs.umn.edu <csa at cs.umn.edu> > > > > Hello, > > I am Vyom Joshi (Junior) from Hibbing High School, Hibbing, MN. I am > doing an independent research on super computers and trying to make one. > I've been working on making a super-computer using Linux(Ubuntu 11.10) > Operating System. I have a CD with my super-computer book, that has some > codes written in it. I wanted help with couple of things and since you > are professionals at this field, I thought of e-mailing you my queries. > When I boot the CD that I got with my book, it does not do anything to > my computer. So, I tried copying and pasting the codes in Terminal. It > asks me to run as the root, so I write down the password and start > writing codes as the root. However, whenever I try to make any changes, > error comes up and it says permission denied. > So, Firstly do you know why the CD would not boot(even after I set the > preference of the CD-ROM as first)? And why does terminal deny access > when I codes? > P.S- The book and the CD that I am referring to is called "The Linux > Enterprise Cluster" by Karl Kopper. > Hopefully you can help me with my problem. > Thank you for your time, > Vyom Joshi > Hibbing High School. > _______________________________________________ > Grads mailing list > Grads at cs.umn.edu > https://wwws.cs.umn.edu/mm-cs/listinfo/grads ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Beware of software written by optimists! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20120509/9c560d87/attachment.pgp>