Thanks for the advice Chris.<br><br>I re-ran the installation this afternoon but turned off the 'download updates from the internet' option and the installation worked fine.<br><br>Regards.<br><br clear="all">-- <br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Chris Robinson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fabricator4@yahoo.com">fabricator4@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">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.<br>
<br>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.<br><br>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.<br>
<br>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.<br>
<br>Chris.<br><br><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Simon Ives <<a href="mailto:simon@simonives.info" target="_blank">simon@simonives.info</a>><div class="im">
<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br></div><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tue, 7 June, 2011 10:03:30 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: NetworkManager Applet 0.8 Icon<br></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>Hi all.<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I've provided my Launchpad bug link below with the two logs requested but would appreciate any additional advice on resolving this issue.</div><div><br></div><div>Launchpad bug <<a rel="nofollow" href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/793766" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/793766</a>>.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards.</div><div><br></div><div>Simon.</div>
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