OS Update failure

[N-byron-griffin]

Updated 10.04 to 11.10. Grub installed at the wrong location. Downloaded 11.10 AMD64 ISO. Burned to CD, ran to update grub to proper location, update failed. Log uploaded.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Sat Nov 5 12:19:47 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[N-byron-griffin (n-byron-griffin)]

I'm new to Ubuntu and want to use it in place of MS everything. I have a lot to learn so this may be a user error, but I have no idea what I did to cause it.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Nov 5 12:19:36 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Nov 5 12:19:36 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1641, in <module>
Nov 5 12:19:36 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Nov 5 12:19:36 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
Nov 5 12:19:36 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Nov 5 12:19:36 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 150, in run
Nov 5 12:19:36 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_python()
Nov 5 12:19:36 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 271, in configure_python
Nov 5 12:19:36 ubuntu plugininstall.py: cache = Cache()
Nov 5 12:19:36 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 93, in __init__
Nov 5 12:19:36 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.open(progress)
Nov 5 12:19:36 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 136, in open
Nov 5 12:19:36 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
Nov 5 12:19:36 ubuntu plugininstall.py: SystemError: E:Could not open file /target/var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Nov 5 12:19:36 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[dino99 (9d9)]

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