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I'm trying to download Ubuntu via the .ISO download on Ubuntu's website, using a virtual CD rom. I've tried downloading and installing it on three different computers now, and every time I have encountered the same problem. After a while of downloading it goes to a black screen that looks like a command prompt, and it reads "[instramfs] Unable to find a medium containing a live file system."

I've been searching for an answer on the internet for a long time and tried several different things, but nothing seems to work. I've changed the BIOS from IDE to ACHI and that made no difference. Still got the same error. I do not have a USB drive that I can use at the moment and won't have access to one for a long time. My computer also doesn't have a CD drive. I just have a virtual CD rom (Daemon tools lite).

Does anyone have some suggestions for me to try? I'll try anything. Thanks.

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Is this virtual CD-ROM a bootable device, e.g. A BIOS tool? – acematrix Nov 11 '12 at 21:44
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What do you mean, you're trying to download Ubuntu "using a virtual CD rom"? – Flimm Jan 15 at 13:02

closed as not a real question by Jorge Castro, Flimm, qbi, gertvdijk, Eric Carvalho Jan 15 at 15:35

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