Hanging on "Scanning for Harddisk partitions and creating /etc/fstab" when trying to install Damn Sm

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Following a suggestion made before, I'm trying to use UNetbootin to install Damn Small Linux on a Windows computer.

I'd like to reformat the entire HD and install Linux on it. I installed UNetbootin on Windows, set it for a frugal install on the HD, rebooted, started it up in UNetbootin. It seemed to be working ok.

However, the installation keeps hanging on "Scanning for Harddisk partitions and creating /etc/fstab".

What might be the problem?

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