How to Make a Bootable Ubuntu OS CD/DVD - Kill It

Installing a Linux distribution (aka distro) on a machine can generally be done with these four easy steps.

1. Fresh installation
2. Dual boot
3. Live CD/DVD booting
4. Virtual Installation

Since the last method requires a host Operating system (i.e. on another OS), the first three methods requires an bootable CD/DVD or a Flash Drive (I'll concentrate only on the former in this post).

Installation via DVD mainly involves downloading the Ubuntu ISO image, burning it to a DVD and booting from it. I will expatiate in these steps below :

1

Fetch the Ubuntu ISO image from http://ubuntu.com/download/desktop.

2

We need a software to burn the files in the ISO image into a DVD. HP Windows 8s PCs comes with a free version of CyberLink Power2Go (or at least mine did) and that is what I am using in this post. You don't have this software? Don't worry there are other programmes that can do this: ISO Recorder (Win), Disk Utility (MAC). You can also employ Google search for more apps. The processes involved is basically the same.

3

Launch Power2Go and insert an empty DVD into the optical disk.

4

From under Copy Disc, select Burn Disc Image.

4

Under From, browse to the location of the ISO image, make sure you check "Verify recorded data" and click the Burn button.

After the actual burning, it'll verify the disk.

5

To know if it was burned properly this is how the content of the disc should lok like when you open it