Re: [PLUG] System won't boot after failed upgrade from Ubuntu 23.10 to 24.04

[Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 12:01:47AM -0400, Steve Litt via plug wrote:
> Walt Mankowski via plug said on Sun, 26 May 2024 21:27:40 -0400
> 
> >Well, I eventually managed to login in single user mode. It's a
> >mess. Most of /usr/share is missing, for instance. I tried running
> >
> >apt --fix-broken install
> >
> >I fixed a few things, but I think things are too far gone.
> >
> >Time for a new box, I think!
> 
> At most, time for a bigger hard drive. You have backups, you can easily
> reinstall.

I've got plenty of space, it's just not distributed well.

As for the backups, yes, I have them, but the reinstall won't be
easy. For one thing, my case isn't easy to work on. For another, both
the smallish SSD and the big HHD are both RAIDed. Even to expand /usr
is going to be tricky, since I had a hard time getting that setup 6
years ago and I don't remember now how I did it.

I suppose I could replace the old RAIDed SSDs with a single much
bigger SSD, then either restore to that or do a fresh install of
Ubuntu onto it.

Or I could spend a few $100 and get a brand new box, and restore to
that instead.

Walt

P.S. Thanks for all the advice, but you could have saved yourself a
heck of a lot of typing if you'd read the entire thread before
replying. :)
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