Linux Boot CDs wont boot

[lucrioual]

So I just bought a Dell 700m for school in the fall and I was trying to get a copy of Whoppix or Knoppix STD to work. I downloaded both current versions and burned them and what not and when I start it up i go to the boot screen thing by pressing F12 and go to the CD-ROM choice, and i get a bunch of broadcom errors, if you need i'll post them. Is there something with dell computers that wont let me boot from cd or what?

thanks in advance

 

[bersl2]

In your BIOS, you should be able to permanently set the machine to check for a bootable CD before booting from the hard drive. Also, it sounds like you're initiating a network boot from PXE instead of a CD boot.

 

[lucrioual]

yea thats what i was thinking
i went into the bios and after i changed/saved/restarted the list was like so
1: USB FDD:
2: IDE CDROM:SONY DVD +/-RW DW=D56A-(SM)
... and like 3 more

when i boot it goes directly to starting up windows

 

[lucrioual]

as it turns out alcohol 120% is the worst program ever
thanks nero!