I have also the same problem. The Boot stops 9 of 10 times at "loading hardware drivers". After a few minutes the booting continues. After that all works fine expect of my internet-connection (realtek networkcard with dslmodem). pppoeconfig says it can't find the "access concentrator" of my provider.
I have to reboot until the "loading hardware drivers" bug don't appear. Then everything works fine. -- Hang while booting https://launchpad.net/bugs/32597 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs