I was able to work around, be rebooting CD into rescue mode running dpkg --configure -a then rebooting the CD back into install mode continue install w/o formating / root partition It was then able to continue installing past the console-setup package.
-- console-setup installation hangs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592457 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
