12/17/2023 0 Comments Disk formatter![]() ![]() Using a disk on key for the LTS, noted the problem with the efi partition AFTER I hit the Next button. The experience has taught me that I was wrong with the reason I couldn't go forward with the grayed out Next button. Unbelievable, what was forbidden in the disk on key case, was the choice of the upgrade case. I expected that it would go to 23.10, but instead it went to 23.04. So my only choice was to let LTS upgrade itself. (In fact it is still supposed to be supported as 1 year has not yet passed.) Why allow me to download it if I can't do anything with it? I much nicer solution would be to tell me that the software is now out of date and I load it at my own risk. So I put in the disk on key and again it refused to install! The reason seems to be that there is a hard wired decision not to allow installation after some given date. It had served me well and Mahjongg wasn't broken. I decided that between 23.04 and 23.10, I preferred 23.04. It was MY choice and not something hard wired. Beautiful! I could have proceeded if I really wanted to. I was pleased with the installer that instead of just refusing, it told me exactly what my error was, and if I failed to correct it I would be proceeding at my own risk. This what I originally did, but after 3+ years, I forgot. I started out as shown the question and after I hit the "Next" button the LTS version told me that I needed an efi partition. ![]() ![]() Since my only real choice was to return to 22.04 LTS, I did that. Likewise I can't change the program with the IDE because the IDE (which also uses java) won't accept Hebrew characters. I have to do something soon, since I can't enter Hebrew characters into a java program I wrote. Since I didn't notice any visible improvements, I might tend to 23.04. Then I could return to 23.04 or 23.10 depending upon how much I value mahjongg. The only possible solution I can think of is to go to 22.04 LTS. The feature-bug which I happened upon is a real problem. So my only choice is the manual choice where I can leave the existing partition in place and not change my /home partition. In my case the most crucial part is not to lose my /home partition. In any case, the bottom line is, there can be reasons for wanting to go back. I wouldn't go back to a previous version for a game, but it could be a much bigger problem for someone who loves it. I rather enjoy mahjongg, and it is much degraded in 23.10. There is yet another possible problem which I will add. Having a power failure while upgrading shouldn't be a very rare event. (I did ask to format the linux partition, but it apparently missed that clue.) I had asked to overwrite 23.10 with 23.10. Now suddenly what I asked above also made sense. I don't know if this is a feature or a bug, so I'll call it a feature-bug. What was going on? The only explanation which made any sense was it noticed that I was trying to go backwards and just stopped without calling me a total idiot. I looked closely and it would start the process and then silently stop after about 1 sec. It looked like my request was being ignored. I brought up the USB copy and asked for Install Ubuntu. I would again request to format the linux partition, in order to start with a clean slate. Notice in the image below that Next is grayed out.Īfter thinking about my options, I decided to try to make a USB for 20.03, go back to 20.03 and then upgrade again. To my amazement the installer won't let me continue and I have no idea why. I put 23.10 on a disk on key and proceeded to try to format and overwrite the Linux partition. ![]() In the past Sometimes I would have problems where I would just reformat the Linux partition and leave /home untouched, so I knew it works. I had run out of ideas so I decided to format my Linux partition (where my /home partition was separate and it is vitally important that there be zero changes on it). Again, I installed the latest version of the IDE. The IDE uses Java so it wasn't a total surprise. I also noticed my Netbeans IDE also wouldn't accept Hebrew. I thought maybe Java was broken, so I put in the latest version. I checked the keyboard language, which was missing some parts, so I updated it. I went into the browser and there Hebrew worked with no problems. Then I noticed my Java program which deals with Hebrew wouldn't accept Hebrew characters. Wasn't reached because of the power failure.)Ī repeat of autoremove showed all was well. (The final stage of removing unused files Which were not needed so I did the cleanup. Just to be sure I tried the system updater. Things looked pretty good as Ubuntu came up. Bad luck with a power failure near the end of the process. ![]()
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