OK, that's curious - so you both have similar models of NEC DVD_RW (taylorkh has the NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A and you have the NEC DVD_RW ND- 3520AW) and you got it to to work by changing the drive; so I'm going to flip to this to 'linux' since that sounds hardware specific and change the title.
Of course there are lots of failed installs so perhaps this is just joint unluck; David, do you have any logs from the hung install - it would be useful to see if there are any IO errors from the drive. Dave ** Package changed: base-installer (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Summary changed: - Cannot install Ubuntu-Server 10.04.1 32 bit using a PATA DVD drive + Cannot install Ubuntu-Server 10.04.1 32 bit using a NEC DVD_RW ND-35xx PATA DVD drive -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/682159 Title: Cannot install Ubuntu-Server 10.04.1 32 bit using a NEC DVD_RW ND-35xx PATA DVD drive -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
