I got 16.04 installed and up and running.
I did a
and then aCode:sudo apt-get update
this took a while.Code:sudo apt-get upgrade
It will not do a
to 18.04 because it will not upgrade because the following files were kept back:Code:do-release-upgrade
I am in the process of installing them one at a time and it seems to be working.The following packages have been kept back:
apt apt-utils base-files dpkg libapt-pkg5.0 linux-generic
linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic open-vm-tools python3-apt
ubuntu-minimal ubuntu-server update-notifier-common
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
Got them all install and had to reboot the server to do the
After reboot, tried the release upgrade but here is what it tells me.Code:do-release-upgrade
I am ready to pull my hair out. (what I have left).Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-210-generic i686)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
* Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
* Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage
0 updates can be applied immediately.
Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.
New release '18.04.5 LTS' available.
Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it.
Last login: Tue Jun 22 13:54:02 2021 from 140.190.55.196
irv@wabasha-server:~$ do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
No new release found.
It looks like I have Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-210-generic i686) installed. Not sure why it is telling me "No new release found?"
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