So, a few new things... I did now install also alpha4 - the setup was fine with the alternate cd but after the boot it stopped at the cd-drive (had to ctrl-alt-del for continuing boot process)... because of a recommendation I did now dmesg after the boot and I got that:
[ 31.660075] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 [ 31.693999] Probing IDE interface ide1... [ 32.108844] hdd: Maxtor 6Y120P0, ATA DISK drive [ 32.892613] hdc: BENQ DVD DD DW1620, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [ 32.892627] hdc: host max PIO5 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4 [ 32.892927] hdc: UDMA/33 mode selected [ 32.893242] hdd: host max PIO5 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4 [ 32.893375] hdd: UDMA/133 mode selected [ 32.893556] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 [ 62.883577] hdc: lost interrupt [ 62.883585] hdc: task_in_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } [ 62.883591] hdc: task_in_intr: error=0x00 { } [ 62.883594] ide: failed opcode was: 0xa1 Furthermore I have made a picutre of the error message that appears when using the desktop cd: ** Attachment added: "error.jpg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11734443/error.jpg -- Hardy doesn't like BENQ DVD DD DW1620 drives https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179179 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs