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[JP Vossen <jp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a 16G SSD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820609413&Tpk=FEM16GHDL
and used the 2009-04-11 http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily/current
/jaunty-alternate-lpia.iso, "burned" to a DataTraveler 2G USB key using
Intrepid usb-creator
(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick), and
everything mostly Just Worked.

I had no network (wired or wireless) during the install, but wired
worked fine after reboot.  I had to manually install linux-restricted-
modules-lpia after which I got the new sta driver and then wireless
worked (where "worked" is defined as, "at least as well as that crappy
Broadcom card ever works).  I also updated bug 359174 with this same
info.

Brightness, battery, volume keys all work, and I have the LPIA kernel
(2.6.28-11-lpia).

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Jaunty lpia installer fails with hd-media kernel on dell mini 9
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/354226
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Status in Dell Inspiron Mini with Custom Dell UI: Invalid
Status in usb-creator: Invalid
Status in “debian-installer” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
Status in debian-installer in Ubuntu Jaunty: Fix Released

Bug description:
I have attempted a USB stick install for an lpia system (Dell Mini9) using the Jaunty lpia alternate install CD following the Manual Procedure detailed here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#Manual%20Approach

I also tried the procedure describe in this forum post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4404569

In both cases, I used the vmlinuz and initrd.gz files found here: http://ports.ubuntu.com/dists/jaunty/main/installer-lpia/beta/images/hd-media/

When I boot from the USB stick and start the installer, it enters a recursive loop of failing attempts to detect hard drives. Each time it tries, it gets to about 95% and then the progress bar disappears for a few seconds before the detection process starts again.

Additional details are here: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/66241