Comment 5 for bug 133278

I managed to install Ubuntu on this laptop thanks to a guide provided by Jennifer Hodgdon http://www.poplarware.com/everexlinux.html

Basically there are 2 problems that make it freeze on boot, the ethernet and card reader kernel module, somebody removed this modules, and created a new cd installer which works on these machines.

Check this too https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/90271