Just tested with herd5 and had the same problem. Booting the live cd takes about 10 minutes. There is a terrible long timeout for the hard drives. As soon as any app on the live cd tries to use any drive, that app locks up permanently.
Downloading the alternate install cd to see if there is any chance of getting a Fiesty install working. -- Error with cdrom ide driver, Fiesty live cd, herd4 https://launchpad.net/bugs/86204 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
