Install problem: Dell Inspiron 3500 laptop

[John Green]

[Duplicate of: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=60913]

Summary:
Are there any special boot arguments (or module parameters) required to 
install on Dell Inspiron 3500 Laptop?

Gory details:

I checked the ISO image MD5SUM, and I also tested the CD against 
md5sum.txt on the same machine where I'm trying to install Ubuntu. 
(Machine currently has FC3 installed.) All files on the CD MD5SUM check 
out OK - the CD and CD drive are fine.

I can run Ubuntu live, it only requires the boot argument "nodma".

I have also tried: nodma noscsi noapic nolapic aic7xxx=no_reset

- Select language, location, keyboard OK
- Detect and mount CD-ROM OK
- Unable to load some modules: agpgart, 3c59x, ide-mod, ide-probe-mod, 
ide-detect, ide-floppy
- I tried PCMCIA parameter: exclude port 0x800-0x8ff
- Detect and mount CD-ROM: hdparm to tune CD-ROM drive parameters (I 
leave blank - I wonder if I need something here?)
- Scanning CD-ROM - successful
- "Load installer components from CD": There were problems reading data 
from the CDROM.

If I try to "Check the CD-ROM integrity", it doesn't even touch the CD 
before coming back with a report that the disk is not valid.

Thanks in advance,
John