Post AdI3bmEmHdD7BVf7YW by ottaross@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AdI3blHvoQ8gF087pg by ottaross@mastodon.social
2023-12-28T20:35:23Z
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So if I've downloaded a 13GB full-install package, why does the install process need two hours of flat-out full network bandwidth to do the install? What was the point of the 13gig download.
(DIR) Post #AdI3bmEmHdD7BVf7YW by ottaross@mastodon.social
2023-12-28T21:36:16Z
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Multiple stalls dogging me in updating an older macbook in various ways.Last attempt was best, got to 41sec remaining but then it tried to turn into a drone – full fans going.At next peek it showed that peaceful rainbow cloud image and nothing else on screen. Left like that for 30 min just in case, finally gave up and restarted to see it was still on the old OS (Big Sur).Trying a Big Sur update - maybe that'll create a happier starting place, so trying that.Stubborn machine this one.
(DIR) Post #AdI3bn8QwhjJy7hZJ2 by Nerdfest@mastodon.online
2023-12-29T04:15:22Z
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@ottaross I have an Ubuntu machine on 20.04 that I want to upgrade to 22.04 and it just will not, claiming a lack of space ... which is not the case. It annoys me.
(DIR) Post #AdI3bo6LLxeUxvjPge by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-29T04:18:59Z
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@ottaross @Nerdfest I find Ubuntu upgrades so frequently go awry that I find it easier to back up my data, then just do a new instal of the latest distro and reimport my data A pain in the ass, but honestly less hassle that the hours of yak-shaving whatever is going wrong with my upgrade attempt 😂
(DIR) Post #AdI3bo9XA6Cj7pDxey by ottaross@mastodon.social
2023-12-29T02:32:01Z
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Cracked the failing-upgrade challenge by instead doing a minor upgrade the OS I was trying to replace first, then moving up after that. Must've been something wonky in that rev of BigSur.I got both old and new machines into the final rev of Monterey, and then could make the migration work, which was the goal of the endeavor in the first place. It failed miserably in initial attempts. A long process but glad to finish it all.
(DIR) Post #AdI3k8Llx6am5Cv1NI by Nerdfest@mastodon.online
2023-12-29T04:20:37Z
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@clive @ottaross I've done dozens and dozens and never had a problem (other than once a repository was offline and I ignored it). This once backs out successfully, but just will not install.
(DIR) Post #AdI6nGZM9MqGIzSRWa by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-29T04:54:14Z
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@ottaross @Nerdfest Weird!
(DIR) Post #AdJ3UqRux4nnVkhN9E by Nerdfest@mastodon.online
2023-12-29T15:52:22Z
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@clive @ottaross Solved! Or currently upgrading anyway. Problem was a misleading error message. It claimed I needed more space in /boot, but I have it stripped down to a single kernel. Problem was old kernels needing to be purged for some reason though. This machine had not been imaged since 2015, so there were quite a few to be removed. Had to get it down to a single kernel that way as well.
(DIR) Post #AdJGhMKpWghrHXgHgm by ottaross@mastodon.social
2023-12-29T17:15:05Z
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@Nerdfest Ha! Nice win.
(DIR) Post #AdJGhNFY7o4o7SDa64 by Nerdfest@mastodon.online
2023-12-29T17:16:24Z
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@ottaross Still a little amazed that I've been upgrading this machine that long. It is a 10 year old laptop, but can still be used for most games, etc. It's basically a file server at this point though.
(DIR) Post #AdJGhNr7s68NzznafQ by clive@saturation.social
2023-12-29T18:20:24Z
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@Nerdfest @ottaross Well done!And yep, I too run Ubuntu on a 2011 Thinkpad T420total beast of a machine, I wrote about it here (free link): https://clivethompson.medium.com/the-laptop-that-wont-die-0c478c3fe46c?sk=dc587d3647aa02107f8b447e01d095f9
(DIR) Post #AdJUR7pF6SDX0T3kJs by Nerdfest@mastodon.online
2023-12-29T20:54:19Z
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@clive @ottaross I replaced that same model a few months ago with a BeeLink mini PC for the power savings. It was still going fine though.