[plug] Installing ubuntu on ITC 350-I

[Chris Caston]

On Sun, 2005-11-13 at 22:24, Chris Caston wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a ITC 350-I (not sure who built it) PIII notebook with 256mb RAM
> and a 40gb Hitachi HD.
> 
> Those on the off-topic list will have seen that it has an installing
> installing XP and freezing on the screen that says:
> "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration..."
> 
> It installs fine, however, with w2k.
> 
> I now tried to install ubuntu and kubuntu.
> 
> I get something like the following:
> 
> Press F1 for help index, or ENTER to boot (I tried linux noapic, nolapic
> and pci=noacpi and the default)
> 
> Loading /install/vmlinuz.........
> Loading /install/initrd.gz.............
> Ready.
> _ <--- flashing cursor
> 
> and the system appears to be frozen.
> 
>  
> Any ideas?
> 
> regards,
> 
> Chris

I just booted the Sarge installer with a 2.4 kernel.
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