[Bug 219061] Re: [Hardy] Does not install on VIA PD6000E Motherboard (Multiple problems)

[MG]

This bug is so old, there is no point in continuing with it. The release
is obsolete, and the specific hardware in question is also relatively
out of date. I still have the hardware in question, but have long since
switched to Debian server for it, which has always worked flawlessly in
this application.

It is possible that the root problem in this case *may* have been that
the Ubuntu "i386" releases have had many bugs related to actual i386
support. I have filed other bugs in this regards, but these bugs would
get fixed for one release, only for the identical bug to appear again in
the next release. That however was a release management issue, which is
not something in the scope of this bug report.

If support for this class of hardware is no longer important to Ubuntu,
then there is no point in anyone else wasting effort on it. I have
marked this issue as "invalid", as there is no option for "so old
probably nobody cares any more". However, it was a valid problem at the
time.

As background, the motherboard mentioned in this report is an embedded
Mini-ITX board used in things like point of sale and industrial
applications.


** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Invalid

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Title:
  [Hardy] Does not install on VIA PD6000E Motherboard (Multiple
  problems)

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  8.04 Hardy Beta Ubuntu (several versions) (current version for
  17-Apr-2008) does not install correctly on the VIA EPIA Mini-ITX
  PD6000E motherboard for multiple reasons. All tests were with the i386
  versions. 7.10 Gusty installs correctly without problems.

  1) When trying to boot the regular desktop install from the live CD
  (regular Gnome Ubuntu), the system would crash. This occurs
  immediately after the point where the progress bar (shown during
  booting, waves back and forth below the "Ubuntu" logo) disappears, but
  just before the brown screen (which should show before the desktop
  fully appears) appears. I'm not sure if this description is clear
  enough, but there's no text which describes what step things are on.
  The essential point is that it is just before the live CD desktop
  should appear. This happens consistently at exactly the same point in
  the sequence (this was tested approximately 5 times). The system will
  either turn off, reboot, or simply freeze with a blank screen.

  2) Using the alternate install CD (Gnome Ubuntu), everything will
  install except for Grub, which will not install. LILO can be
  installed, but the system hangs on reboot at "[48.418762] Uniform CD-
  ROM driver Revision 3.20".

  3) Using the server install, Grub will also not install. LILO will
  install and the system will reboot and run.

  Previous versions of Ubuntu (Gnome) have installed and run on this
  hardware. The system was running 7.10 previous to this. The PC is
  primarily used as a test system. Just prior to this install, the
  system very briefly had a version of Windows Server 2008 on it in a
  dual boot configuration with 7.10 Gusty. Both OS would dual boot with
  this fine. All the partitions were removed and the hard drive was
  completely reformatted several times during the course of attempting
  to get Hardy to install.

  The PC is used for test purposes, and the drive can be wiped at any
  time for further testing if necessary.

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