Setup failing at 91%

[Nicholas Pappas]

Hello all.

I'm giving my first Ubuntu install a go, looking to replace with my 
Gentoo install with something a little more my speed for my needs.

During the install I get the first progress bar, "Detecting hardward to 
find CD-ROM drives" appears at the top, gets to 91% and then freezes. 
The message at the bottom reads "Loading module 'sd_mod' for 'SCSI disk 
support'...".

My system is a Shuttle SB75G2 PC, with a SATA hard drive. All the 
specs/chip set info can be found here: 
http://global.shuttle.com/Product/barebone/brb_OverView.asp?B_id=23

In the past, when installing Gentoo, I used a Knoppix CD to boot the 
system and installed the base Gentoo system from there. Knoppix detected 
everything w/o any trouble so I'm not sure what I might need to do to 
get things working.

I'd also like to use the upcoming release, which supports X.Org instead 
of XFree. What are the steps I should go through in order to use it once 
I get past the install.

Thanks for any help!