That is odd. I would restart the box and see if it continues... Sometimes work units will do that in err or will be stuck... restarting may clear it up but don't be surprised if they start from the beginning.
Didn't work for me. VM seems to be stuck at a "DHCP" line. Atlas was also failing to progress on the same box; yet a test Ubuntu LiveDVD had no issues with the network. Going to nuke and try again.