the same thing happened to me in feisty amd64 ... I resolved it by using 800x600 vga mode before selecting install
relevant hardware: core2quad 6600 nvidia 8800gts 640mb -- Herd 5 Hangs immediatly on boot but not in recovery mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94989 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs