Bug#694934: Installer hangs at detect network hardware

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

On Sun 02 Dec 2012 at 12:22:50 +0000, R.M. Thomas wrote:

> Comments/Problems:
> 
> I chose:
> Advanced options >
>   Alternative desktop environments >
>     Xfce >
>       Advanced options >
>         Expert install
> 
> and answered questions about language, keyboard, locale (default), modules
> to load (default), extra installer components (none).  At the next stage
> "Detect network hardware" the installation stalled indefinitely (more than
> ten minutes) with a blue screen having a single white line at the bottom
> and a black cursor.  Keyboard input was echoed to this bottom line, but I
> was unable to get any other response from the system and was obliged to
> use the machine's power on/off switch.

Ctrl-C should get you back to the main menu.

Please look at #694582 and see if it helps.