The alternative and boot cd both have the same splash screen, what happens after the splash is what is different. <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Marcus Rademacher <<a href="mailto:radema39@msu.edu">radema39@msu.edu</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">If you're not seeing a splash screen with install options on it, try downloading the "Alternate install" option from Ubuntu. It's possible that your computer can't display the graphical elements in the initial screen. The alternate install CD lacks the Live CD component, but doesn't require any graphical capabilities. Marcus _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote></div>