Install CD Freezing Before Boot

This is kind of an odd problem, and I'm a little embarrassed to be asking. This shouldn't be hard, but I have very little experience with Linux, and I'm not sure what's happening with the computer I'm attempting to use to run EMC.

I've burned the image file to a CD, and it's definitely burned as an image, not a file. I've even checked the CD on my main computer, and I can see all the files and the cool little Ubuntu logo.

But when I put the disc into the dedicated computer, it posts, and then it loads to a black screen with the following white letters across the top:

ISOLINUX 3.53 Debian-2007-12-11 Copyright (c) 1994-2007 H. Peter Anvin

And then it stays there. Nothing more happens.

Here are some fixes I have tried:

* I burned the CD with Windows XP. That one did the one-line/black screen thing, so I tried it with Nero. Same. Then I tried it with Infrarecorder. Same results.
* I booted through the boot menu, manually choosing the CD. Same thing.
* I turned off Fast Boot in the BIOS, and got the same results... but slower.

Of course, maybe this is what's supposed to happen. Maybe I just need to walk away from it for a couple hours and let it do whatever it wants to do. But I don't know, because this is as far as I can get.

Sorry to crash the party just to complain. Any help would rule.

It's a fairly old Dell. I'm mostly using it because it has a parallel port, and my new one doesn't.

I'll give 6.06 a shot. Knock on wood. Thanks for the help.

UPDATE: That was it. The 6.06 booted right up. Thank you!