<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Lucio M Nicolosi <<a href="mailto:lmnicolosi@gmail.com">lmnicolosi@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">>> 2009/3/10 Jonathan Harrison <<a href="mailto:jonathan-harrison@tiscali.it">jonathan-harrison@tiscali.it</a>> >>> >>> Huh, one step ahead of you... I feel proud of myself. >>> >>> Still does not work though. I actually took it down to JUST 1G. Done >>> with and without the insertion of the iommu=noaperture >>> >>> Interestingly, I still get the 4G message! On the scripted install (Esc >>> at Ubuntu Menu)... I get >>> >>> Loading/install/vmlinuz.............................................. >>> >>> Loading/install/initrd.gz............................................ >>> >>> ..................................ready >>> >>> [ 0.004000] Aperture beyond 4GB. Ignoring. >>> >>> Then it just hangs on the next line </div>Seems that some GibaByte motherboards are prone to this kind of problem. Try disabling "USB Bios support" in BIOS /re: <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/271070" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/271070</a> <div><div></div><div class="h5"> L. -- Lucio M Nicolosi, Eng. - Sao Paulo - Brazil skype: lmnicolosi1 Lat.: 23°34'4.79"S - Long.: 46°39'59.53"W Linux Regist. User #481505 - <a href="http://counter.li.org/" target="_blank">http://counter.li.org/</a> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> But appears to be a bug issue only installing Intrepid, not Hardy. Many users had Ubuntu 8.04 installed and upgraded to 8.10 and had this issue too. <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=963892">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=963892</a> So again, I strongly recommend to install and stay with Hardy. Cheers -- "It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion." "Todo el desorden del mundo proviene de las profesiones mal o mediocremente servidas"