On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Simon Clubley <simon.club...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I've tried to install SL5.2 on a Acer Aspire One netbook (model > AOA150-AB, internal 160GB hard disk) using a USB attached DVD drive, > but I am experiencing a crash when the installation routine tries to > load the usb_storage module.
> Before installing another Linux distribution on the netbook, I'd like > to spend a bit more time trying to find and resolve the problem. Does > anyone have any ideas about how to go about tracking down the problem Have you seen this wiki? http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Acer/Aspire-One It's for CentOS 5.2 but probably works for SL5.2. The author (Scott Robbins) is actively helping in the CentOS forums, so you can get help if you ask in there. It may sound awkward to suggest to use CentOS forums but I don't see any problem with it, and you are quite welcome there (I am one of the moderators). Akemi