Comment 2 for bug 283874

It happens to me too.

$ usb-creator

-- Starting up at 20:23:44 --
[20:23:44] new device:
{'capacity': dbus.UInt64(8019615744L), 'uuid': '98D1-480F', 'label': 'KINGSTON', 'free': 8003026944, 'fstype': 'vfat', 'device': '/dev/sdb1', 'mountpoint': '/media/KINGSTON', 'udi': '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_98D1_480F'}
[20:23:44] adding: /dev/sdb1
[20:23:53] mounting /home/paulo/Desktop/kubuntu-8.10-desktop-amd64.iso
[20:23:54] updating dest_status as part of update_row_state
[20:24:05] Installing...
[20:24:05] Source CD: /home/paulo/Desktop/kubuntu-8.10-desktop-amd64.iso
[20:24:05] Destination disk: /dev/sdb1
[20:24:05] Persistence size: 0 MB
[20:24:05] Marking partition 1 as active.
[20:24:05] installing the bootloader to /dev/sdb1.
[20:24:05] Forcing shutdown of the install process.

And the program freezes.