There was no reason for you to lose any data. You should have backups (irrespective of the OS you use) because something can always go wrong.
Something you must consider is to have a separate partition for your data, or at the very least for your home directory (or directories) and put all data there, then when an upgrade comes along you always have the option of a full reinstall without touching your data. If you find too overwhelming all this discussion I suggest you install from scratch using the latest version of Ubuntu. With time you may find that following the workarounds provided is achievable, for the time being you may be better off just putting a DVD and reinstalling to have a clean start. Regards and good luck. On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:24 AM, Big Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, as a linux newb, im just confused. Ive only used windows, up until a > few months ago. > I've only recently had the time/patience to try and upgrade to v8.04. > Needless to say, it froze on "generating locales". As this is my only pc, and > the filesystem was corrupt, i could do nothing except format and re-install > 7.03 from disc, then upgrade to 7.10. In total i spent 12 hours achieving > absolutely nothing, except losing all my media files. > I do want to stick with ubuntu, but im disheartened with it now. > > Please help a lil newb like me, before i jump off the bridge, and back > onto windows. > > Does that workround permenantly solve the problem of, and install, > v8.04? > > Also, could i just boot kernel 14 and upgrade with the update manager? > > -- > Gutsy->Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. > > Status in "langpack-locales" source package in Ubuntu: New > Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > Status in "linux-source-2.6.22" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: locales > > I've been running Feisty for a while and decided to upgrade to Hardy. I used > the Update Manager to upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy without problems last > night. Tonight I decided to take the next step from Gutsy to Hardy. I again > used the Update Manager GUI. But this time things didn't go so well. > > During the step "Setting up locales (2.7.9-4) ..." I get the following > message: > > Generating locales... > en_AU.UTF-8... > > And then the installer hangs forever with localedef eating 100% CPU. > > I'm not the only one. Here are the relevant threads on the forums: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861384 > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861194 > > Interestingly enough, both threads were started *tonight* and there are no > relevant earlier threads matching "localedef", which makes me suspect this > was due to a very recent change. > > As a workaround, "sudo killall locale-gen" allows the installation to > continue, though several packages fail to install due to dependency errors. > > I also submitted an automated bug report after the failed upgrade (bug > 249346). > > -- Gutsy->Hardy upgrade hangs in localedef https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
