Trouble installing ubuntu 8.04 on t30 thinkpad

[NoOp]

On 08/20/2008 09:35 AM, jonathon mcdaniels wrote:
> When I use the alternate cd to install ubuntu on my thinkpad t30 type 
> 2366, it fails to detect my stock dvd rom  drive and the installation 
> will not proceed. I have tried to manually detect it, but I can't find 
> the right file in /dev/. Any help would be appreciated before I try 
> another distro of linux.
> 

Read through this. Then try these options:

hda=nodma
noapic

Try them one at a time in that order.