When boot -> Kernel missing

[Mintnewbie]

Hey,

I've just recently learned about Linux Mint. Uptil now I've been using Ubuntu. I've downloaded the ISO file and burned it on a cd. But when I boot to get to the grub and try to install, it says "Kernel missing". It doesn't even reach the grub. Then I can write commands from "root:".

I've tried downloading from other mirrors and burning other cd's, but it doesn't work. I've even tried on other machines.

Can anybody help?

Thanx

[Husse]

Welcome to Mint Mintnewbie
Frankly I don't understand.....
When you boot from a CD you never get to grub, I suppose you mean the boot menu of the Live CD

it says "Kernel missing". It doesn't even reach the grub. Then I can write commands from "root:".

Huh?
Could you describe what you do and the error messages you get because this makes no sense. You can end up in a "busy box" with both Cassandra/Celena and Feisty - is that it?
As always - check the md5sum (the command is md5sum) and burn at the slowest speed possible

[Mintnewbie]

Hey,

I may have been hasty, I just thought that it loaded the grub menu when you boot with the cd for the first time.

Anyways, this is what happens:
1) I put the cd in the drive and boot the pc.
2) it boots from the cd and prompts this:

ISOLINUX 3.11 Debian 2006-03-16 copyright and so on...
Could not find kernel image: linux
boot:

Isn't it supposed to come up with a menu or something?

[Mintnewbie]

Hey again,

I just burned a new cd as slow as possible, and now it works, I reall feel stupid now. I'm really sorry that I have wasted your time.

I didn't think that such a thing could mean so much...

[Husse]

Obviously a lot of people think like you
Any CD/DVD even the best "printed" ones have thousands of errors, but also Error Correction Code (ECC) in about a third of the available space.
If produced "no good" the ECC is to small...