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I found that while my downloaded USB's worked okay on my other computer (newer HP), they wouldn't boot the Toshiba. My own downloaded DVD's didn't work on either machine, so I think there was something wrong with my downloading. What did work was when I bought a Linux magazine "The Best of...

My issue hasn't been solved, although I think the problem might be the downloads themselves. Our wireless access in my home isn't all that great. I'm going to try again later when my Linux for Dummies book arrives along with a disk.

I have an old Toshiba Satellite a105 that I'm trying to boot from either DVD-R or USB to try various flavors of Linux. It won't boot, even though I've changed the boot order each time. Can anyone offer advice? The advice on the list already is for a newer Toshiba, mine doesn't have those features.