Wiped out that thumb drive, went to a new one.
The latest pen drive fails on 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 for me.
Oddly enough, with the drive in the usb port, I forgot to remove
the cd with 11.04 in it and it did install. I didnt realize it thinking
it was my thumb drive but when I saw - Upgrade to 11.10 I thought
crap! It didnt work!

Well, stupid me decided to leave 11.04 installed and just update to 11.10
but the screen went to sleep and now I cant wake it. I dont know where it
is in the upgrade process either.