Ubuntu 8.04 Has Been Ejected

Well, I gave up on Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron". It refused to format the drive whatever I did. I did format the drive once with a 7.04 disc I had lying around and then tried to install 8.04 on it, and it still failed.

So, obviously it didn't like my motherboard chipset. Basically if you have a Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H motherboard (AMD 690G Northbridge) then don't try Ubuntu 8.04.

I ended up installing Ubuntu 7.10 on the system and it went on perfectly first try!

For the record, here's what I have:

Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H Motherboard
AMD AM2 X2 64 bit 5600 Brisbane CPU (fastest 65 watt CPU they have)
8 GB of RAM
160 GB SATA Barracuda
160 GB SATA Raptor
Asus GeForce 8600GTS with Dual 20" widescreen monitors