Ubuntu Precise Alpha 2 interferes with Ubuntu Natty

[Alain Muls]

On 3 February 2012 21:34,  <ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 3 February 2012 17:20, Alain Muls <alain.muls at telenet.be> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have two root partitions which I use sequentially to install two
>> versions of Ubuntu. The current one and during the beginning of a new
>> release the previous ubuntu is on the other partition.
>> My home is on a separate partition used with both root systems.
>>
>> Today I choose to wipe the Natty (11.04) root system (I am comfortable
>> with Oneiric 11.10) and tried to install Precise Alpha 2 onto its
>> partition.
>>
>> The install did not finish, it got stuck with a message similar to
>> "clearing system files from previous install".
>
> I am guessing that you did not tell it to reformat the partition you
> were installing onto and that it somehow got confused by something (or
> nothing) that was on the partition.  Bugs are to be expected after
> all, it is an alpha release.

I did reformat the root partition I was going to use for Precise Alpha 2.
Pitty, I would like to try out Precise for its HuD and for 2 launchers
on each connected screen :-(

bye/Alain

>
>> I aborted after half an
>> hour and then I rebooted Oneiric.
>>
>> Now if I enter the dash Application (Super-A), I no longer have the
>> application 'tab', only the home, folders&files, google docs (where
>> does this one comes from??) and music. This quite annoying since I can
>> now only luanch apps using the launcher or from a terminal.
>
> I have seen this occasionally, or something similar, it recovers when
> I log out and in again.  This may not help in your case but worth
> trying if you have not already.
>
> Colin