update from previous post: I tried two things differently this time (realised just then should have tried one then the other):
1) pre-formatted root and swap using gparted (inside livecd session) 2) when you arrive at the mountpoint setup screen, the swap partition was listed first. I re-ordered them so root was first. Both seem quite trivial, considering that the installer re-formatted the partitins anyway, but something clicked to make things work. -- no root file system https://launchpad.net/bugs/42003 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
