Hm, that Ubuntu Forums thread was like a big redundant circle of questions. Sorry about that :O
(I hate to say it since I love Ubuntu Forums to bits, but I will probably start nudging people over to Launchpad Answers instead).
It does sound to me like the installer just plain doesn't like your system, which is a bit of a shame. (If you decide to try Ubuntu again, though, the alternate installer CD could also prove useful).
Fedora uses a different installer system, so it should give different results. It's also not a bad little distro, albeit rather bleeding edge.
(I hate to say it since I love Ubuntu Forums to bits, but I will probably start nudging people over to Launchpad Answers instead).
It does sound to me like the installer just plain doesn't like your system, which is a bit of a shame. (If you decide to try Ubuntu again, though, the alternate installer CD could also prove useful).
Fedora uses a different installer system, so it should give different results. It's also not a bad little distro, albeit rather bleeding edge.