On Tue, 10 Dec 2013, Tom Poe wrote: > I get this line when I run: sudo lshw > capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd > > I would like to figure out what dvd to buy, e.g., dvd +R or some other ? > > I plan to download .iso image from ubuntu web site, then burn that to a dvd, > then insert in dvd drive, and start up with cdrom option. Does that make > sense? I don't know that your drive can burn DVDs. Can you boot from USB? You might want to just do that.