| 2018-05-07 09:58:44 |
Alvaro Carballo Garcia |
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I decided to test Ubuntu 18.04 on an old computer with 16.04 32-bit without knowing that only 64-bit was supported. do-release-upgrade seemed to perform all the actions without any problem. But, logically, the newly installed OS didn’t work.
After a quick research, I realised that the problem was the 32-/64-bit part and reinstalled the 16.04 32-bit version. I was forced to format the main partition as far as the 32-bit installer didn't recognise the 64-bit installation as a valid OS.
After finishing the 16.04 32-bit installation, performing the recommended updates and installing just a few programs (very stable and which I have always used on that computer), the OS started behaving weirdly. At first sight, it was working fine, but kept getting regularly frozen and not starting properly. Finally, I seemed to have fixed all the problems by forcing (because it wasn't immediately available either) dist-upgrade.
Long story short: my computer has been behaving erratically for 2 days without never getting a clear indication about what might be wrong. Even worse, all this has been provoked because the OS allowed me to perform an impossible action. The fix seems also quite straightforward: avoid any 32-bit version to be upgraded unless that format is available. |
I decided to test Ubuntu 18.04 on an old computer with 16.04 32-bit without knowing that only 64-bit was supported. do-release-upgrade seemed to perform all the actions without any problem. But, logically, the newly installed OS didn’t work.
After a quick research, I realised that the problem was the 32-/64-bit part and reinstalled the 16.04 32-bit version. I was forced to format the main partition as far as the 32-bit installer didn't recognise the 64-bit installation as a valid OS.
After finishing the 16.04 32-bit installation, performing the recommended updates and installing just a few programs (very stable and which I have always used on that computer), the OS started behaving weirdly. At first sight, it was working fine, but kept getting regularly frozen and not starting properly. Finally, I have been able to fix all the problems by deleting the old partitions, creating them again and reinstalling Ubuntu 16.04 32-bit.
Long story short: my computer has been behaving erratically for 2 days without never getting a clear indication about what might be wrong. Even worse, all this has been provoked because the OS allowed me to perform an impossible action. The fix seems also quite straightforward: avoid any 32-bit version to be upgraded unless that format is available. |
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