question from brand newbie re booting from Ubuntu 7.04 CD

[cj]

Brian McKee wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-18-07 at 16:03 -0600, cj wrote:
>   
>> Rod Clay wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello.  I just burned my Ubuntu 7.04 CD yesterday and booted from it to
>>> begin to check out Ubuntu.  Here's my question:  some things were not
>>> working, for example, my Firefox browser appeared not to be able to find
>>> my internet connection.  Are there some facilities that do not work when
>>> I boot from my Ubuntu 7.04 CD (like my internet connectivity, and maybe
>>> other things as well, like printers), but which may work just fine
>>> when/if I install Ubuntu on my harddrive?  Or does the failure of these
>>> facilities to work when I boot from the CD indicate that there are
>>> problems with these facilities working in Ubuntu and which therefore are
>>> likely to be problems when/if I install Ubuntu 7.04 on my harddrive?
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>> Rod Clay
>>> clay.1 at osu.edu
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> ok i figured out how to get it to work, i sudo'ed into SH and then 
>> executed getty. worked like a charm
>> now im on, but the text looks like crap. its in regular form, but when i 
>> execute a command, it randomly places it all over the screen. is it just 
>> hyper terminal or is it normal?
>>     
>
> Should look ok - again check that your settings in Hyperterm match
> getty...  
>
> Brian
>   
im sorry, for those who didnt see my last post, i meant to post this one 
in a different message..

my apologies

--cj