After the horrendous time I was having trying to do the upgrade, I am now in the process of attempting a fresh install from a USB flash drive. Ubuntu worked fine with the laptop in "try" mode, but now trying to actually install it and it's stuck at "detecting file systems....." Been that way for nearly an hour. Any ideas welcome. I swear I'm not going to get this done in time for work tomorrow. I should have been long past this point by now. Sheesh.
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On 9/5/22 21:00, Paul wrote:"detecting file systems....." Been that way for nearly an hour. Any ideas welcome. I swear I'm not going to get this done in time for work tomorrow. I should have been long past this point by now. Sheesh.
On 9/5/2022 4:07 PM, wAYNE wrote:
After the horrendous time I was having trying to do the upgrade, I am now in the process of attempting a fresh install from a USB flash drive. Ubuntu worked fine with the laptop in "try" mode, but now trying to actually install it and it's stuck at
letter partition and darned if I can recall the name now. I used these instructions:
.;
My suspicion is, your situation is similar to this post, in that
there's either a mount which is pissing off the installer, or there
is no room for the automation to make a new slash. The determination by
the experts here, is the partition in question cannot be dismounted using
the resources available to the installer. So "something" needs to be done, >> before the install can be attempted a second time.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/588036/installation-stuck-at-detecting-file-system
When you select "Something else" as an install option, you do all the
work and the automation will play deaf and dumb.
I was using the something else option and creating the partitions manually. I think it was Marco who asked why I was making a separate boot partition, so on a whim I rebooted, went into something else again and then created swap, home, /, and a three
https://www.tecmint.com/install-ubuntu-alongside-with-windows-dual-boot/presented.
but got a message that I was missing that 3 letter partition so went back and added it too.
Everything installed and its working but not yet where I want it. I tried to use this procedure to get as much of my prior programs and config restored:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/9135/how-to-backup-settings-and-list-of-installed-packages
I tried using the answer presented in 53 as it seemed the easiest to follow, but I was met with errors. Copying the keys gave the first warning. I think they copied, but wasn't sure. I was able to save the home folder using the Deja-dup utility
Trying to restore did not go smoothly at all and ended up with depreciation messages and broken package errors I assume because that's what was giving me all the problems before deciding on a fresh install. And I guess Deja-dup isn't part of v22.Tried to install it and then it said there were unmet dependencies. I gave up.
At this point, I have the saved packages log and it looks like I'll have to install them all manually. I did simply save the home folder to a different hard drive to use as a reference and of course the deja-dup back up of home is also in anotherfolder- a pity I won't be able to use it.
I guess no matter how I look at it, my work is cut out for me trying to get the fresh install updated and configured like it formerly was. Had hoped the tools would help but to no avail and I don't know enough about the command structure to know allthe tricks. I'm sure probably someone could do it, but not me.
On 9/5/2022 9:58 PM, wAYNE wrote:at "detecting file systems....." Been that way for nearly an hour. Any ideas welcome. I swear I'm not going to get this done in time for work tomorrow. I should have been long past this point by now. Sheesh.
On 9/5/22 21:00, Paul wrote:
On 9/5/2022 4:07 PM, wAYNE wrote:
After the horrendous time I was having trying to do the upgrade, I am now in the process of attempting a fresh install from a USB flash drive. Ubuntu worked fine with the laptop in "try" mode, but now trying to actually install it and it's stuck
three letter partition and darned if I can recall the name now. I used these instructions:
.;
My suspicion is, your situation is similar to this post, in that
there's either a mount which is pissing off the installer, or there
is no room for the automation to make a new slash. The determination by
the experts here, is the partition in question cannot be dismounted using >>> the resources available to the installer. So "something" needs to be done, >>> before the install can be attempted a second time.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/588036/installation-stuck-at-detecting-file-system
When you select "Something else" as an install option, you do all the
work and the automation will play deaf and dumb.
I was using the something else option and creating the partitions manually. I think it was Marco who asked why I was making a separate boot partition, so on a whim I rebooted, went into something else again and then created swap, home, /, and a
presented.
https://www.tecmint.com/install-ubuntu-alongside-with-windows-dual-boot/
but got a message that I was missing that 3 letter partition so went back and added it too.
Everything installed and its working but not yet where I want it. I tried to use this procedure to get as much of my prior programs and config restored:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/9135/how-to-backup-settings-and-list-of-installed-packages
I tried using the answer presented in 53 as it seemed the easiest to follow, but I was met with errors. Copying the keys gave the first warning. I think they copied, but wasn't sure. I was able to save the home folder using the Deja-dup utility
Tried to install it and then it said there were unmet dependencies. I gave up.
Trying to restore did not go smoothly at all and ended up with depreciation messages and broken package errors I assume because that's what was giving me all the problems before deciding on a fresh install. And I guess Deja-dup isn't part of v22.
folder- a pity I won't be able to use it.
At this point, I have the saved packages log and it looks like I'll have to install them all manually. I did simply save the home folder to a different hard drive to use as a reference and of course the deja-dup back up of home is also in another
the tricks. I'm sure probably someone could do it, but not me.
I guess no matter how I look at it, my work is cut out for me trying to get the fresh install updated and configured like it formerly was. Had hoped the tools would help but to no avail and I don't know enough about the command structure to know all
I have a deja-dup installed in my 2204, but I don't know
at what point in time I installed it.
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https://i.postimg.cc/8chSNhfT/deja-dup-package.gif
On 9/6/2022 1:33 AM, Paul wrote:----------------snip------------------------------------------------
On 9/6/22 01:41, Paul wrote:
On 9/6/2022 1:33 AM, Paul wrote:----------------snip------------------------------------------------
All done. I have almost everything I used reinstalled and all pretty much working except sometimes I am getting the password screen in order to get into the OS even though I have it to auto log so any ideas how to remedy that welcome.
On 9/6/2022 1:55 PM, wAYNE wrote:
On 9/6/22 01:41, Paul wrote:
On 9/6/2022 1:33 AM, Paul wrote:----------------snip------------------------------------------------
All done. I have almost everything I used reinstalled and all pretty
much working except sometimes I am getting the password screen in
order to get into the OS even though I have it to auto log so any
ideas how to remedy that welcome.
Mine does that too. Sigh.
Paul
Compared to what I had been asking, I hope this one is simple. In V18, I was used to having my email icon at the top
right hand side of the screen next to the audio, network connection, etc, but in V22, it doesn't show up there but at
the menu at the left side of the screen. How can I get the top right option back?
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