Cannot install Hardy on Acer 5050

[Steve Cook]

Philippe Didier wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tried on my Laptop Acer 5050 (Gutsy - Kernel 2.6.24.3) ,  to boot the 
> live CD Hardy 8.04.
> 
> With normal kernel parameters, I have :
> BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 11s [modprobe:1283]
> BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 11s [modprobe:1283]
> BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 11s [modprobe:1283]
> .... etc. Hard reboot necessary.
> 
> Booting with ACPI=off helps, but no network possible, and I did not try 
> all items on my computer.
> 
> My question is :
> Is there any laptop model 5050 (AMD Turion 64x2) that boots Hardy 
> without problem ? If yes what is your BIOS update number (mine is 3315) ?
> 
> If somebody can help to boot correctly Hardy, I would be grateful.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Philippe
> 
> 
Have you had a look here?

http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/acer.html

Steve