Comments | matt_arnold: Ubuntu upgrade hoses my system again

matt_arnold

Ubuntu upgrade hoses my system again

Oct 21, 2007 08:40

The same thing has happened when I tried to upgrade to the latest version of Ubuntu (Gutsy Gibbon) as happened the last time Canonical released an upgrade (Feisty Fawn). The upgrade manager only freezes ( Read more... )

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Comments 3

drew4096 October 21 2007, 14:31:09 UTC

If you take the new drive out, and reset the previous drive to master,
do you get your system back as it was before the upgrade?

eilrahc October 21 2007, 22:55:05 UTC

I upgraded my laptop to Gutsy on Thursday night and it worked great. Even fixed the issue where where my CD-ROM wouldn't detect any discs. Still have to test to see if X crashes when I have the framebuffer console turned on ( ... )

Grub tesral October 23 2007, 16:04:17 UTC

Grub does not like the order of the drives changed, it really, really doesn't like it. Put it back as it was before, or be prepared to completely rebuild the system.

If the "Main drive" is starting to fail, get it out of there. Back up the data (Home directory I assume) and retire the drive. If you need the drive, I prefer separate root and home partitions myself get a new one and stun your computer with the sheer amount of space. I've got time heavy on the hands. If you want I'll help if I can.