Aleksey1977, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Hardy 
desktop reached EOL on May 12, 2011.
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
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We were wondering if this is still an issue on a supported release? If
so, can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD
images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command in a
supported release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal).
It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to
this report.

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would
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issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once
you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-
testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon
next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and
deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your
results.

Thanks in advance.

** Tags added: hardy intrepid needs-upstream-testing regression-release

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: ubiquity
  
  Occurs when trying to install Ubuntu from a LiveCD, for both 8.04.1 and
  8.10 Alpha3. Boot from LiveCD, initiate install, choose "use entire
  disk" option. The installation proceeds as expected, until system
  freezes (cursor not responding, no noticeable hard-disk or CD activity)
  at the "Copying Files" stage. Almost always occurs with progress bar at
  22-23%, although once I got as far as 34%.
  
  However, the installation of 7.10 from a LiveCD completes with no
  problems.
  
  The CDs I used were all burned at the lowest speed, and afterwards
  checked for defects. I have tried booting with acpi=off option, with
  same results.
  
  A forum thread devoted to a similar problem can be seen at:
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=770575
  
  The computer I am using is Averatec 3255 laptop (I needed to modify
  Monitor section of xorg.conf slightly before I could start X, though)
+ 
+ WORKAROUND: Ubuntu 8.10 livecd:
+ 
+ 1) Boot with "break=top" option
+ 2) At BusyBox prompt, execute
+ 
+ echo 'options libata dma=0' >> /etc/modprobe.d/options
+ 
+ 3) Ctrl-D, and continue install as usual
+ 
+ The problem was due to my CD drive, QSI SBW-242, causing occasional
+ system freezes, when used with UDMA/33. (Actually, forcing UDMA/25 or 16
+ makes the freezes occur much more often). So, adding 'options libata
+ force=2.00:pio4' instead, also worked for me.

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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