Potential installer workaround:
MUST BE USING A USB STICK.
Use UNetBootIn to make a USB installer for whatever flavor you favor (I lean towards Xubuntu, personally). Reboot onto the USB stick (on a computer with a working internet connection using the installer).
From there, either from one of the terminals (ctrl-alt-f1) or from within Xubuntu (Try (X|L|K)Ubuntu without installing):
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gma500/emgd-fix
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xorg-emgd emgd-dkms
sudo emgd-xorg-conf
If all that completes successfully, put it in your Dell Inspiron Mini 10 and attempt to boot off of it. It may work.
If it does, you may need to follow the above steps again once your install is complete and you attempt to boot off the hard drive again.
All of the packages on the emgd-fix PPA are experimental, and some may be broken on your system. Usual provisos about backing up and inexperienced users beware.
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