fwrun2011
August 8th, 2018, 11:49 PM
Hi;
I was running Ubuntu 18.02 in a 3-boot system (Ubuntu 18.xx, Windows 7, Windows 10) which boots into Grub2 (I think it's Grub2, and not grub legacy).
A week or so ago, I booted into Ubuntu 18.02 for the first time in a while (I was running mostly Windows 7).
It booted fine, but a notice popped up on the desktop informing me that there was an upgrade for my OS.
I chose to do the upgrade directly from the desktop.
There was a download, then the install process began.
Apparently, the install never completed, and either I shut the machine off or it shut off by itself; I don't recall.
The next time I booted the machine, it was into Windows 7.
I found that I had no network connectivity in Windows 7. I didn't think this had anything to do with the failed upgrade in Ubuntu, but now I'm not so sure. Apparently, there was a change to my timezone in Windows 7. That is why the network would not connect. When I reset the timezone to my correct one, I restored network connectivity.
The next time (it might have been a few days) I tried to boot into Ubuntu, there was a black screen with a lot of info on it. I don't recall the exact message that was on the screen, but it had the words "Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (0,0).
I did some Googling (from Windows), and just selected the next oldest Ubuntu on the grub list. It booted fine, and I did the upgrade manually from the terminal. That worked fine and I now have the latest distro installed.
Is this a problem with my install, or is there a bug with the auto-upgrade feature in Ubuntu 18.xx?
Thanks for your help
FW
I was running Ubuntu 18.02 in a 3-boot system (Ubuntu 18.xx, Windows 7, Windows 10) which boots into Grub2 (I think it's Grub2, and not grub legacy).
A week or so ago, I booted into Ubuntu 18.02 for the first time in a while (I was running mostly Windows 7).
It booted fine, but a notice popped up on the desktop informing me that there was an upgrade for my OS.
I chose to do the upgrade directly from the desktop.
There was a download, then the install process began.
Apparently, the install never completed, and either I shut the machine off or it shut off by itself; I don't recall.
The next time I booted the machine, it was into Windows 7.
I found that I had no network connectivity in Windows 7. I didn't think this had anything to do with the failed upgrade in Ubuntu, but now I'm not so sure. Apparently, there was a change to my timezone in Windows 7. That is why the network would not connect. When I reset the timezone to my correct one, I restored network connectivity.
The next time (it might have been a few days) I tried to boot into Ubuntu, there was a black screen with a lot of info on it. I don't recall the exact message that was on the screen, but it had the words "Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (0,0).
I did some Googling (from Windows), and just selected the next oldest Ubuntu on the grub list. It booted fine, and I did the upgrade manually from the terminal. That worked fine and I now have the latest distro installed.
Is this a problem with my install, or is there a bug with the auto-upgrade feature in Ubuntu 18.xx?
Thanks for your help
FW