[Bug 920035] [NEW] Precise Alpha alternate install fails

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On socket 775 motherboards, Precise alpha 1 and 2 i386 fail to install
from alternate CD. This happens when CD is overburned to over 700 MB
and, in one case, also from a correctly burned DVD version.

Significantly, the CD tests OK on the built in tester ("Test CD for
defects").

Machine is not locked up, but merely stalled and some information was
available by pressing Ctrl Alt F4.

Gigabyte G31-M, and Foxconn, both 775 motherboards, install stops
immediately after inputting hostname. Ctrl Alt F4 information shows no
errors. The last things to be on the screen are several successes with
these at the end:

DEBUG: Writing DHCP stanza for eth0
DEBUG: Success!

(Bug report rewritten after systematic testing with alpha 2.)

** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: bot-comment
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Precise Alpha alternate install fails
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/920035
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