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there seems to be a bug with the edgy kernel which prevents it form booting on via epia and many amd athlon systems as well.. there’s a simple fix to it though which can be found in the bug report thoug.
simply use this boot parameter:

acpi=force irqpoll

i must confess i don’t know what the irqpoll is for. according to the bug report it will help if your usb things don’t work wihtout that.. i bootet just with the acpi=force option and it worked just fine.

so to install ubuntu in the boot menu choose the default option and hit F6 to edit the boot options. add acpi=force to it and hit enter
ubuntu should now start and you can install it like on any other computer

when your ubuntu is installed and you start it the first time, hit ESC to get into the start menu and then choose the first option and hit “e” to edit the option. go to the linux line and hit “e” again and add acpi=off to it
hit enter and “b” to boot the machine
once your computer has booted, edit your menu.lst file in /boot/grub/ to add the option.
from now on your computer will boot just fine

if you want to do anything that requries graphics, go to http://www.viaarena.com and download the right driver for your card. unpack it and run the installer.

now edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and change the driver section for the display to the folowing (search for “vesa” and you’ll find it)

Section "Device"
        Identifier   "Generic Video Card"
        Driver       "via"
        Option       "EnableAGPDMA"
        Option       "DisableIRQ"
        BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

reboot your computer and you have the accelerated graphics you need to play videos.

i found some more informations about how to get things to work on this page: http://web.telia.com/~u18801979/