[Bug 891711] Re: "Upgrade" from 11.10 to 11.04 results in a unusable system

[morrissmi]

Thanks for your help.
In the event I used another machine to rescue my private files and then did a clean install of 9.10.
I don't think I will upgrade for a while!
Thanks again



Morris J F Smith
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Murray <brian at ubuntu.com>
To: morrissmi <morrissmi at aol.com>
Sent: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:05
Subject: [Bug 891711] Re: "Upgrade" from 11.10 to 11.04 results in a unusable system


You also need to manually remove the kernel from 11.10 using the

following steps in a terminal:


1) cd /boot

2) sudo rm *3.0.0-12*

3) sudo update-grub


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Title:

  "Upgrade" from 11.10 to 11.04 results in a unusable system


Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:

  New

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:

  Triaged

Status in “ubiquity” source package in Natty:

  Won't Fix

Status in “ubiquity” source package in Oneiric:

  Confirmed

Status in “ubiquity” source package in Precise:

  Triaged


Bug description:

  If one has a running Ubuntu 11.10 system and then boots an Ubuntu

  11.04 CD and chooses to install Ubuntu you are presented with an

  option to "Upgrade from 11.10 to 11.04".  Choosing this option results

  in a crash.


  TEST CASE

  1) Install Ubuntu 11.10

  2) Try to reinstall Ubuntu 11.04 (because you are dissatisfied with
the new

release for some reason)

  3) At the allocate drive space screen choose "Upgrade 11.10 to 11.04"
(because

you don't want to lose your data)

  4) During the copying files phase observe a crash


  After the crash ubiquity became non-responsive and I went to a tty to

  reboot the system.  The system fails to boot after choosing either the

  regular or recovery boot option from 11.10.


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Title:
  "Upgrade" from 11.10 to 11.04 results in a unusable system

Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Natty:
  Won't Fix
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Oneiric:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Precise:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  If one has a running Ubuntu 11.10 system and then boots an Ubuntu
  11.04 CD and chooses to install Ubuntu you are presented with an
  option to "Upgrade from 11.10 to 11.04".  Choosing this option results
  in a crash.

  TEST CASE
  1) Install Ubuntu 11.10
  2) Try to reinstall Ubuntu 11.04 (because you are dissatisfied with the new release for some reason)
  3) At the allocate drive space screen choose "Upgrade 11.10 to 11.04" (because you don't want to lose your data)
  4) During the copying files phase observe a crash

  After the crash ubiquity became non-responsive and I went to a tty to
  reboot the system.  The system fails to boot after choosing either the
  regular or recovery boot option from 11.10.

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