The workarounds 'noapic', 'nolapic' and 'vga=716', suggested above, don't work for me. Instead I found that 'acpi=off' works for me.
-- Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459198 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs