Cannot install ubuntu on Dell machine

[dave]

Tuan Anh wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:41:55 -0600, Carlos Escutia Chávez
> <carlosescutia at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>1. On the grub boot screen, press "e" so you can edit boot parameters
>>2. At the end of the 'kernel ..." line, add "noapic, nolapic"
>>3. When you had logged in, edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst file and add
>>"noapic, nolapic" in your kernel line(s).
>>4. Enjoy :)
> 
> 
> I did that, and the system still hang at Setting The System Clock ...."
> However, using Ctrl+C I can get over it.
> But the system freeze again after I hit Enter in the Welcome to Base
> System Configuration screen.
> 
> Does anyone know how to fix? Please help!!!
> 
> Many thanks in advance!
> Tuan-Anh
> 
> 
> 
>>On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 02:00:53 +0800, Tuan Anh <regnever.net at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>I'm installing ubuntu 4.1 on a dell box. At the first boot after the
>>>installation the sequence freeze when "Setting the System Clock using
>>>the Hardware Clock as reference".
>>>
>>>Anyone has this problem before?
> 
> 

I don't have a solution for you, but just so you know you aren't going 
crazy...I had this problem as well on a Dell Poweredge SC420.

Unfortunately, it was not destined to be an Ubuntu box, it was just a 
short test and I didn't troubleshoot at all.

dave