This problem still affects the 12.04 LTS distribution - with entirely blank filesystems (formatted with custom options) the installer did not progress past "Saving installed packages" when left over the weekend.
Dropping to the shell and creating a 'var' directory on the intended root filesystem by hand and restarting the process allowed the installer to progress past this stage.
This problem still affects the 12.04 LTS distribution - with entirely blank filesystems (formatted with custom options) the installer did not progress past "Saving installed packages" when left over the weekend.
Dropping to the shell and creating a 'var' directory on the intended root filesystem by hand and restarting the process allowed the installer to progress past this stage.