problem with the ubuntu installer

[MICHAEL WEAVER]

I think there maybe a problem somewhere in the Ubuntu Installer for the Edgy 
Desktop CD.
Someone trying to install Linux for me said my Desktop had 256 K RAM but 
when they clicked on the desktop Icon to install, the machine seemed not to 
do much. I was asked about my computers host name, my user name and password 
for my main account and asked about disk partitioning but when we chose use 
free space, the drive churned around for hours but showed no progress bars 
and even when this person went home after visiting my flat, 12 AM came but 
still no repartitioning. I started the installation at 2 yesterday afternoon 
and it had still made no attempts to finish partitioning.
Is anyone aware of this as a possible bug because I am not only havving a 
problem installing Edgy, I can't even run the Orca screenreader when I press 
F5 3 at the boot prompt.