Question Concerning Ubuntu

[Penguinlord]

OK, So I recently decided to try ubuntu on my PC. This was something that I had been planning for a long time, however I just recently bought the disk. I downloaded the ISO file onto my computer, and then used a software to burn the ISO onto the disk. When I restart the computer, the ubuntu icon comes up with a loading bar, after that a menu appears. The menu asks me how I would like to run, I select the run from disk. A mouse then appears on a black screen, and after that It changes to a mouse on a tan screen. This is as far as I get, do I have to wait a long time to continue past the tan screen?
I don't know

[Tor]

When it boots to the boot menu press I and then enter. This will take you into interactive mode and you may be able to see an error. Record it and let us know what the error is.

[zErOaCid]

maybe you have a corrupted installer. try burning it again. I just downloaded ubuntu intrepid and was working fine with my vmware.

[Tor]

Not a bad idea either. I've come across a few corrupted downloads.

[Homebrewer]

Maybe you should use torrents as an alternative to downloading your Ubuntu, i don't have much problems with downloading, its the using that gives me facepalm moments especially on beggining moments.