successfully install ubuntu 8.04 linux on laptop hasee f233t

I tried first with goodbye-microsoft.com for the debian installer, using the text mode, it failed by cannot finding the harddisk driver! the hd is something of 80G SATA.
then i burned a ubuntu cd and install, safe mode graphic and kernel param "acpi=off noapic nolapic " is must, and "pnpbios=off" is also perferred.
it failed to install grub automatic. i mount the sda6 the install grub using: "grub-install /dev/sda6 --root-directory=/mount/a6"
the partition appears to be fat16 which prevent grub to mount it, so i use fdisk to modify sda6 to "83 Linux", then use update-grub to update the menu.lst to grub or grub seems cannot find it automatic ly. the menu.lst is like this:

default 0
title Windows XP
     root        (hd0,0)
     makeactive
     chainloader +1
title Linux Ubuntu 8.04
        root (hd0,5)
        kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic ro root=/dev/sda6 acpi=off noapic nolapic
        initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
title DOS
     root        (hd0,0)
     makeactive
     chainloader /arldr

a ati 3d card driver is found.
the harddisk driver i wonder if it is fast.

everything is ok and i begin to enjoy.