Hello, i had the same problem using ubuntu 7.10. The installer stops at 15% an "detecting filesystems". The log does not indicate anything interesting. However, i found an easy workaround. In a terminal, check the device(s) associated with your external drive using df or mount. (at home, it was sdb1). Then, unmount it using sudo umount /dev/sdb1 The installer is still blocked. get the pid of 01unmount_busy. It should be the first in top then kill it. the installer will re-ask you about the partionning. This time, it will work.
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