Ubuntu 18.04.5 installed on "permanent live on usb"; upgrade to 20.04. not possible

[Clemens Laumeier]

Ubuntu 18.04.5 installed as "permanent live on usb-stick"; upgrade to 20.04. not possible

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.42
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46~18.04.1-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.21
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394.3
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Jan 17 12:32:41 2021
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20200806.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2021-01-17 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this upgrade failure. There is currently a new version of the release upgrader availalbe in -proposed which may resolve the error you've encountered. Please run the following command to test the new version of the upgrader:

  do-release-upgrade -p

Please lets us know the results in this bug report. Thanks again and good luck!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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