I have no programming knowledge whatsoever. I accidentally bought a laptop that only has FreeDOS on it. I have decided to have a go at installing Ubuntu on this.
I have looked at video and written tutorials, but it seems that I am missing something. On a different computer, I downloaded Ubuntu ISO file (as a FAT32) on to the desktop, then transferred it along with the file folder across to the pen drive along with the universal file installer 1.9.8.0.
Next I turned on my HP laptop, pressing Esc repeatedly during boot. This now gave me the option of booting the computer from the pen drive, but this is where it goes wrong. Unlike the videos and blogs, Ubuntu does not show up, it reverts back to dos.
Anyone help a novice please?