Can't Install 7.10 (Gutsy)

[Jessie Adan Morris]

Alright, so I am a fairly proficient Linux user, but I get this working. 
I have tried these CD's:
Kubuntu Live CD 7.10
Kubuntu Alternative CD 7.10
Ubuntu Live CD 7.10
and they all seem to freeze during boot. I have 7.04 installed, and I 
tried to upgrade, but it still froze on boot after a restart. I think 
that there is a bug in the kernel. It actually freezes in two places. I 
removed quiet and splash from the options and it said something about 
DMA so I added "dma=off' to the boot options. Then it seems to get stuck 
at an NTFS one. It says something like "Checking /dev/hda1" and it never 
says anything more. (One time, I was able to boot, but thats it). Also, 
I upgraded from the Alternative CD because Adapt doesn't want to do a 
distro upgrade or what not.

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Jessie Adan Morris
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Take life as it comes.