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>The freeze during formating was actually when installing ubuntu from the ubuntu install cd. (when using ext 4) . So yes I used X >and indeed No during the formatting process the ext4 kernel code wasn't running.
I'm having a bit of problem parsing this, but I think what you are saying is that freeze didn't actually happen when the file system was really being __formatted__ (specifically, when mk2fs is running), but rather as it was unpacking packages and copying files into the file system. Is that correct? If correct, then "formatting" really is extremely misleading. Can you tell me exactly what part of the install process was happening when it freeze happened?
If in fact it was while the install process was copying files into the file system, then let me ask me another question; are you willing to try using a newer, beta-test kernel? For example, can you try using the Ubuntu-
There are indeed a bunch of bug fixes which aren't necessarily fixed in the 2.6.32-based kernel used by Ubuntu Lucid. So it might be worthwhile seeing whether it is fixed in 2.6.35.... Note that a bleeding edge kernel may not work well if you are using proprietary kernel modules. So if you are using an Nvidia graphics board, for example, you will need to update to a newer nvidia-current package (256.53), which will in turn require some new prerequisites. But if you are using open hardware, then it should be easy to try using a newer kernel.