[Bug 359694] Re: installation crashes when detecting disks and other hardware

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Title:
  installation crashes when detecting disks and other hardware

Status in “lowmem” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: debian-installer

  I'm trying to install ubuntu intrepid on old machines. As I have a
  consequent set of computer to install, after some installs by CDROM, I
  decided to boot installer by network (PXE). I successfully installed a
  dozen of such machines (hardware is very similar), but, now, I'm
  encountering a strange bug since I used the same boot files (kernel,
  pxelinux.0 etc...) that I used for the previous installations :

  At the step "detecting disks and other hardware",  0% is displayed,
  then the screen become black and the step restarts (still displaying
  0%).

  So I rebooted the installer in expert mode and got the same result
  (but i could log this time : See the attachments).

  I tried with the cdrom install of ubuntu intrepid and it crashes exactly the same way at the same step. 
  I thought it was a hardware issue, but it works with debian-installer from debian etch (note that it used "low memory mode", could it be related ?).

  The machine in question is an IBM Personal Computer 300PL, Pentium II
  width a HD WDC AC26400R (Western digital). More info in hardware
  summary

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