"pci=nomsi" does work as I have the same notebook, but if you have a SD card in the built-in slot, Ubuntu will boot the live CD without a CPU fault and Ubuntu will NOT install. It will error out while trying to boot the live CD. It will never boot completely with a SD card in the built-in slot. Windows Vista will boot even with the SD card in the slot... This makes me believe the problem lies in Ubuntu or the Linux Kernel itself... I believe the error was something like CPU 0 Soft Lock or something similar to that.
Also, the built-in wireless card does not work on the Dell Inspiron 1501. -- Linux won't recognize had drive on Dell Inspiron 1501 https://launchpad.net/bugs/74830 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
