Installing ubuntu on a older system (Pentium Celeron 430 MHz)

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 11:18:57PM +0100, Jens Kubieziel wrote:

> There are some 'detected module XY' and 'trying to load module XY'
> messages.
> 
> #v+
> user.notice hw-detect: Missing modules 'agpgart (SiS 620 Host), ide-mod,
> ide-probe-mod, ide-detect, ide-floppy'
> user.notice cdrom-detect: Searching for Ubuntu installation media ...
> +v-
> 
> The cd-drive is active for some minutes and stops then. Thats's all.

Before it hangs (while it's waiting for input on one of the first screens),
switch to console #2 and run:

echo 'using_dma:0' > /proc/ide/hdc/settings

assuming your CD-ROM is /dev/hdc.  Then switch back to console #1 and
continue, and see if that helps.

-- 
 - mdz