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   Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:59:30 +0000   
   From: Bob Adams    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Edgy installation failed   
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   In message <531orvF1qrc08U3@mid.individual.net>, elaich  writes   
   >> I did some tests on a box I have access too. If I do not add "noapic"   
   >> onto my boot options, then the livecd, if it works, is extremely   
   >> slooooooow. Like 5 minutes to open the "same gnome" game.  If I add   
   >> "noapic" then it works and is much faster. Still slow, but only a   
   >> normal 'boot from cd' slow.   
   >   
   >I tried the "noapic" boot option, and just got to the freezeup point faster.   
   >The checksum is correct, but there is obviously a problem somewhere.   
      
   When I had a similar problem it proved to be a lack of free memory for   
   the install to run. The solution was to create a Linux SWAP partition   
   _before_ starting the installation.   
      
           Bob   
      
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