This is not a permanent solution but just a workaround for anyone wishing to upgrade without formatting target partition. I was trying to set up 12.04 Beta 1 without formatting my /-mounted partition and got stuck at this. My 11.10 setup was going to be a pain to upgrade anyway - had troublesome upgrade earlier when using .
I booted with an alternate cd and removed everything I did not need (/var /lib /opt e.t.c) except /home. For good measure, I also renamed /home and then installed 12.04 beta 1 without formatting target partition - went smoothly. Hope this is useful. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875343 Title: Stuck at "Saving installed packages..." when using a custom /var To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/875343/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
