Ubuntu 7.10 on SONY Vaio FR130

The installation started similar as on Mini PC - the GUI never load properly, and installation wizard went straight to its text version. The partitioner partitioned the hard drive correctly however while installing the system files, the installation got stuck under the message: "Scanning the mirror...". I had to power cycle the laptop and try the installation over again, but this time with the eithernet cable being unplugged. That trick seemed to work - the installation passed mirror scan. I had to be very patient with software installation part - it looked like the wizard got stuck on 6%, but after 20 minutes it worked again. Ubuntu 7.10 works on Sony Vaio without any troubles - it still asks for the Nvidia drive, but I am not going to let it install new drive (I learned my lesson from the installation of Ubuntu 6.10, and I do not want to risk crashing the OS again).