[TriLUG] New disk woes ( 13th )

[Steve Litt via TriLUG]

Or take the opportunity to try a whole new approach, get away from hand-holders like
Ubuntu and go with something like Void Linux, which is much simpler and more DIY.

SteveT


On Sat, 2022-08-13 at 11:14 -0400, Roger Broseus via TriLUG wrote:
> Brian,
> 
> Good track to take - to fresh.
> 
> BTU, my personal opinion? Stick w/ Ubuntu 20.04.x or a variant, e.g., Mint. 
> I've read about too many bugs in the later version. You might even try that on 
> the machine that appears to be broken.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> --
> Roger W. Broseus - Linux User
>      Email:RogerB at bronord.com
>      Web Site:www.bronord.com
> 
> On 8/13/22 09:19, Brian McCullough via TriLUG wrote:
> > Just a final ( not really ) note on my issues with upgrading my laptop.
> > 
> > 
> > I had decided that, instead of trying to just "fix" the boot issue, I
> > would just install a new, upgraded OS, on the new SSD.  Since the parts
> > of the disk that would be affected by the install were in partitions
> > different from the "important" ones, I felt fairly safe in this answer.
> > 
> > I was also creating brand new partitions for root, usr and var, so that
> > I could preserve things that live ouside of home, such as /etc/fstab.
> > 
> > 
> > I had a couple of new installers on USB sticks, Debian 11 and Ubuntu
> > 22.04 LTS, so started the process.
> > 
> > 
> > Unfortunately, the installer kept failing, usually early in the process,
> > including the step where it loads extra components from the USB stick,
> > which has nothing to do with the new drive, and is long before that is
> > accessed.
> > 
> > Some of the errors that were showing up on the logging screen made me
> > start to be suspicious of the main board, such as clock errors and event
> > failures.
> > 
> > 
> > So I have put that on hold while I went to eBay, found a similar but
> > newer machine, and ordered it.
> > 
> > We will see what happens when I receive that.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Brian
> > 
> >