I'm afraid your current description is not enough to determine the cause of error. Can you please run the installer again and when it hangs, attach /var/log/syslog and /var/log/partman to this bug report following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity/AttachingLogs
Thanks! ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- cannot format ext3 partition on laptop during installation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/165320 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