Newbie is unable to install Ubuntu 6.06 LTS from DVD

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On 6/5/07, Joseph Bus <josephbus at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Booting 6.06 LTS from DVD, have the  4 choices - Normal, Safe graphics,
> OEM mode, Text mode.
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> For both Installs – Normal & Safe Graphics, receive : "PCI: Failed to
> allocate Mem Resource #6..."
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> For both Installs – Text mode & OEM mode, receive : "No common CD-ROM drive
> was detected...Didn't find a CD-ROM drive: Failed"
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> My system:
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> CPU – Intel Core 2
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> RAM – 2 GB
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> HDD – (2) 150 GB, 1st HDD has Windows XP PRO,  2nd HDD is unused.
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> DVD / CD-ROM drive
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On some of the later Intel motherboards (i.e., the ones capable of
using the Core duo), I've found that version 6.06 has problems
detecting the CD drive (an issue with the IDE components that Intel
slapped on to the board at the last minute, when they realised how few
SATA CD drives are available). I had this problem installing on a
DG965RY board. My solution was to use 7.04 (the latest version), which
has a later kernel. An alternative, if that isn't an option, is to buy
a cheap external USB enclosure and temporarily put your CD drive in
that. The installer (in my experience) usually finds external CD
drives without any trouble.

-Eamonn