Commenting all third party sources did the trick for me too. I am upgrading right now. So I wonder whether not catching the mirror error condition is really the only culprit.
-- Upgrade from Ubuntu UNR 9.04 to 9.10 fails with essential package 'ubuntu-minimal' can not be found anymore (mirror overloaded?) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446956 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