Ubuntu Precise Alpha 2 interferes with Ubuntu Natty

[Colin Law]

On 5 February 2012 15:27, Alain Muls <alain.muls at telenet.be> wrote:
> 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 :-(

Did you reformat before install or tell the installer to reformat it
by clicking the format checkbox against that partition in the dialog
where you tell the installer what to put in which partition?

Colin