Thanks for the advice Chris. I re-ran the installation this afternoon but turned off the 'download updates from the internet' option and the installation worked fine.
Regards. -- SIMON IVES --------------------------------- Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments. On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Chris Robinson <[email protected]>wrote: > > It seems (from the logs) that it wasn't able to correctly download the > indexes for the repositories, so it may have been confused about what it was > to delete. > > Also, I'm not sure installing over the top of a previous version is > actually supported, even though it lets you install without formatting. > I've had one failed install with the exact same results as you. Someone > else (on Ubuntu Forums) was able to do this fine, which was good because > their /home was on the same partition as /. Some people are born lucky. > :-) It's not guaranteed to work, and my feeling is that 11.04 as it is on > the LiveCD is quite buggy. None of my installs have worked properly until I > managed to run the updates, and that goes for both Ubuntu 11.04 and Xubuntu > 11.04 - The LiveCDs won't even work on one of my machines. > > I'd bet that if you do a proper clean install and format / then it will be > fine. If you get errors but the system is still working, run the updates > and you should be fine. The same thing goes if you can't start the desktop > environment but can get a terminal to do the updates. > > Also, before you install from the LiveCD you should check the MD5SUM as > published. Having the "LiveCD work flawlessly" is no guarantee that you got > a good download or did a good burn, or that the installer will work > correctly. I generally check the MD5SUM of the downloaded ISO, and then > burn it (if I'm doing so - USB installs are standard for me now) at the > slowest rate, then check the burnt disk for errors. > > Chris. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Simon Ives <[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tue, 7 June, 2011 10:03:30 AM > *Subject:* Re: NetworkManager Applet 0.8 Icon > > Hi all. > > I'm having a little difficulty with a freshish install of Natty. I'm > attempting to install a fresh copy over two previous Ubuntu partitions - '/' > and '/home'. When the installation progress reaches the "Removing Packages" > stage Ubiquity crashes and throws up a message asking me to file a bug on > Launchpad. The live CD seemingly works flawlessly. > > I've provided my Launchpad bug link below with the two logs requested but > would appreciate any additional advice on resolving this issue. > > Launchpad bug < > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/793766>. > > Regards. > > Simon. > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > >
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