[Bug 946663] Re: Installer stuck at "Removing conflicting operating system files..."

[Matthijs ten Kate]

I don't have any NTFS partitions either. And for me the workaround as mentioned in #51 worked, although I skipped the whole /home2 part. I just:
- kept my existing /home unmounted until the installation had finished
- made a copy of everything in the created /home just to be sure (never needed it afterwards, though)
- then edited the /etc/fstab file on the target disk to mount my existing /home
- rebooted, done.

But I agree with #52, this is NOT a solution.

I am curious what Canonical thinks is the best way (recommended flow) for existing Ubuntu users who prefer NOT to use the upgrade mechanism, but install a fresh setup instead and then re-use their existing /home.
IMHO, this flow is very complicated (to non-techies) even if this bug were not present. Perhaps  I should file a different bug for this?

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Title:
  Installer stuck at "Removing conflicting operating system files..."

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This is happening to me in both Ubuntu and Xubuntu 12.04 alpha install
  CDs.

  I have several partitions but I choose only two: one as the root (/)
  dir which I choose for formatting, and one as /home without
  formatting. Both are marked as ext4.

  The installer formats the root partition and then it says "Removing
  conflicting  operating system files..." and it never leaves that
  state.

  Before running the installer, I install the "Broadcom STA wireless"
  drivers and enable my wifi connection.

  xubuntu at xubuntu:~$ uname -a
  Linux xubuntu 3.2.0-17-generic #27-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 24 15:37:36 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  xubuntu at xubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu precise (development branch)
  Release:	12.04

  xubuntu at xubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy ubiquity
  ubiquity:
    Installed: 2.9.24
    Candidate: 2.9.24
    Version table:
   *** 2.9.24 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  xubuntu at xubuntu:~$ dpkg --list | grep bcm
  ii  bcmwl-kernel-source                    5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu5                   Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver sourc

  xubuntu at xubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy bcmwl-kernel-source
  bcmwl-kernel-source:
    Installed: 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu5
    Candidate: 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu5
    Version table:
   *** 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu5 0
          500 cdrom://Xubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Alpha amd64 (20120303)/ precise/restricted amd64 Packages
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/restricted amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.305
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  InstallCmdLine: initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper  quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
  LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120303)
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Package: ubiquity 2.9.24
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
  Tags:  precise ubiquity-2.9.24
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.305
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  InstallCmdLine: initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper  quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
  LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120303)
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  Package: ubiquity 2.9.24
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
  Tags:  precise ubiquity-2.9.24
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:

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