System Update froze - UbuntuMATE 16-04

[Bret Busby]

On Fri, 22 Jun 2018, Colin Law wrote:

> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:26:01
> From: Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>     <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>     <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: System Update froze - UbuntuMATE 16-04
> 
> On 22 June 2018 at 17:14, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...
>> It seems to me, that the software update of the Ubuntu base part, has
>> broken the system.
>
> No, almost certainly your failing disc or interface has temporarily
> broken the update s/w.  Unplug the drive and there is a good chance
> the upgrade will continue.
>
> Colin
>

Okay - I have copied as much as possible, from the home partition, to a 
USB thumb drive, and, unplugged the HP external HDD, and restarted the 
software update/upgrade procedure, and, it completed okay.

Problems still show with the HP external HDD, in var/log/syslog, after 
the system reboot, with having plugged the HP HDD back in beofre the 
booting.

So, I need to replace the HP external HDD.

I still think the initramfs bug needs fixing, as I said in a previous 
post.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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