Yeah, I would go that route with the free cds, but I would really like to figure this thing out. I mean, I am very familiar with burning mp3s, cds, data discs etc.....but not iso files. I wanna learn from this rather than take an easy option, kinda defeats half the purpose.
I think the problem resides in the burner I am using. Its not the best and kind of oldschool (as my current computer is), so I am gonna mess with the settings, see if I get some result.
I put in the restore cd that came with the computer and restarted it and it immediately booted from the disc. But when I insert the disc with the linux iso file on it and then reboot again, nothin happens. Kinda irritating.