Install freezes just after pkg-selection

[xodeus]

Hi there.
I've tried to install several ubuntu/debian based variants for the last 3 weeks. But without any luck. I'm running arch linux right now, which my brother somehow managed to install. Everytime I try to install I'm stuck at this screen:
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I don't get any error messages or anything.

Distros tried:
Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu 11.04

Crunchbang (debian based, same installer)

Elementary (same installer, ubuntu based)

I've difficulties starting gparted everytime, so I think this is due to some errors with my harddrive and I'm ready to fully wipe it to start over, if anyone could help with that.

RESULTS.txt from bootinfo attatched.
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Here's some info from Terminal when trying to start GParted.

me@elementary:~$ sudo gparted
======================
libparted : 2.3
======================
Backtrace has 16 calls on stack:
16: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_assert+0x2a) [0x25187a]
15: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x41337) [0x289337]
14: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x42157) [0x28a157]
13: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x4344c) [0x28b44c]
12: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0xe161) [0x256161]
11: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_add_partition+0x262) [0x2599f2]
10: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x44ea5) [0x28cea5]
9: /lib/libparted.so.0(+0x450af) [0x28d0af]
8: /lib/libparted.so.0(ped_disk_new+0x75) [0x25a7d5]
7: /usr/sbin/gpartedbin() [0x80900b6]
6: /usr/sbin/gpartedbin() [0x809beb5]
5: /usr/sbin/gpartedbin() [0x80c1dd2]
4: /usr/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1(+0x31e42) [0x141e42]
3: /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0x6848f) [0xbde48f]
2: /lib/libpthread.so.0(+0x5cc9) [0x175cc9]
1: /lib/libc.so.6(clone+0x5e) [0xeea69e]
Assertion (head_size <= 63) at ../../../libparted/labels/dos.c:662 in function probe_partition_for_geom() failed.
me@elementary:~$


Hope that anyone can help

[Dutch70]

It would be nice it you edited your post and put the contents of the results.txt info between code tags also. :D

The only things I can tell you so far is...
1.) 10.10 has issues with some usb sticks, try 10.04 and it should work...or a different usb stick.
2.) Your boot info script shows grub legacy is installed. 10.10 & 11.04 use Grub2, as well as 10.04.
Although I don't think it matters right now, since you don't actually have Ubuntu installed.

[xodeus]

So the only option is to install from a CD media?

[Dutch70]

I don't know if that would help you either, I'd try 10.04 from the usb.