Anyone having issues installing 12.04?

[Stephen Rees-Carter]

> I don't think it's a bug - I think someones actually thought it through
> (fingers crossed).  I think I'll make an effort to verify this next time I
> do a test install.

Um... it hangs and cannot proceed any further than that message. I've
left my machine sitting on it for an hour or two, and nothing has
happened.

It sounds like a really useful feature, given what you've said about
it. Maybe the problem in my case is that my user folder(s) are all
Encrypted?
Maybe it's hanging because of that, but I've never had the issue
before and I've been using Encrypted home directories for years.

> By the way, literally doing an install "over the top of" without formating
> is a legitimate and useful option for people now.

I haven't tried that option in ages. When I first used it, it always
broke, so I've been doing the clean install trick ever since.
Also, I kinda like having a clean and fresh install every couple of
months. I have a script which installs all my programs and such so I
can easily restore my machine to the same state it was in before I did
the clean install (assuming my home directory is still in tact).

To tell you the truth, I've been having so many issues with 12.04.
It's looking the opposite of "super stable" that everyone is going on
about - although a couple of them are issues with my Thinkpad L520 and
the kernel not supporting Sandybridge.

Thanks,
~Stephen


On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Chris Robinson <fabricator4 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> It's been doing that for a while, even if you specify to format the /
> partition (but re-use the /home partition)  My feeling is that it's config
> stuff like compiz that it's removing.  This is a *good*thing* if so,
> especially if it works this way for an LTS  dist upgrade as well.  It might
> stop the mountain of support problems in the forums and launchpad like we
> had with 11.04 and 11.10, where the old compiz settings completely messed up
> unity so that things like the launcher and top panel were completely
> missing.  This is going to be a big one, with lots of people upgrading from
> 10.04 LTS.
>
> I don't think it's a bug - I think someones actually thought it through
> (fingers crossed).  I think I'll make an effort to verify this next time I
> do a test install.
>
> By the way, literally doing an install "over the top of" without formating
> is a legitimate and useful option for people now.  For those that did a
> single partition install they can now install on the same partition without
> formatting, and conflicting files should be removed but their /home/username
> will be left intact.  In practice I generally don't recommend it as the
> first option, because I have had a broken system once from doing this as a
> test. I have recommended it as a repair option with some geat successes.
> Don't let users do it without backing up data however - bad things or fat
> fingers can still happen.
>
>
> Chris
>
> ________________________________
> From: Stephen Rees-Carter <stephen at rees-carter.net>
> To: Ubuntu AU List <ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Friday, 3 February 2012 8:02 AM
> Subject: Anyone having issues installing 12.04?
>
> Hi all,
>
> Is anyone testing 12.04 and having issues with the installer?
> I'm trying to install over the top of an 11.10 install and I keep
> getting the installer hanging at: "Removing conflicting operating
> system files".
>
> I think it is occurring because I am asking the partitioner to install
> over the / (root) partition while leaving the /home partition, but I
> can't confirm as yet.
> I'm testing at the moment, but it's going to take some time to get it to
> work.
>
> I have a bug report at:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/924660
>
> Thanks,
> ~Stephen
>
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