The process is not stuck because the terminal shows "progress", it keeps trying to remove files that it can't find, the messages read something like: /..../file x: Warning: Source ID XXXXXX was not found when attempting to remove it
The reason I am reinstalling is because my installation was messed up when I installed ubuntu-touch
and the system wouldn't reboot.
I was able to fire up a live USB through grub and start the installation process, I figured it would be possible to simply reinstall but it seems to be taking forever. Is this normal behavior? Should I stop it and simply go with a fresh install instead?
Thanks!
Best Answer
The main question is: do you have a separate
/home
partition? If so then just erase your/
and leave/home
untouched, just set mountpoint to it.If not and there is some important files then I recommend you mount your partition and remove everything except
/home
, e.g.Examine the output and find appropriate device name
After the above manipulations you can easily install Ubuntu on the same partition. Ubiquity, the Ubuntu installer, will preserve your
/home
directory.