7.01>8.04 upgrade hangs

[Ray Glendinning]

I upgraded on-line from 7.01 to 8.04 and the installation hung. An      attempt to stop the installation carried a warning that the system would
be unstable if I did not resume. I had no choice.
running Update Manager check gave the following error:
        
  E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure   -a'   to
        correct the problem. 
        E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
        
Running dpkg --configure -a set the process in motion but it again
froze at:
        
        Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ...
        Generating locales...
          en_AU.UTF-8... 
        
Any help out there?
        
Ray Glen
        
        

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