[plug] Fwd: Dead Ubuntu

[Kevin Shackleton]

My first thought, given the previous Ubuntu was V14, that the hardware
might be 32 bit and you're feeding it a 64 bit installer.

Regards,
Kevin.

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 at 14:28, Byron Hammond <byronester at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok. So there are a few possibilities...
>
> Either you have some problems with your hardware.
> Or the newer software is incompatible with the hardware.
> This second option would lead me to believe drivers are a problem.
>
> Let's investigate a bit more though...
>
> When you boot of the USB, during the boot process (after menu selection)
> you should be able to press escape and view the startup messages. Any
> errors or problems here are worth noting.
>
> If you are able to get to the desktop you can review the log files in
> /var/log
> Also if you run `dmesg` in a terminal that will provide some useful info.
> Again, your looking for errors.
>
> I'd also wonder if you created a Ubuntu 14.04 boot USB and if that worked
> or not. If it does I think that strengthens the case for it being a
> software problem (likely driver issue) with the newer Ubuntu versions.
>
> Best of luck
>
>
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021, 2:12 pm bob, <congenial at ii.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Since writing the original email I created a new USB wit Ubuntu 20.10
>> amd64 which works fine on a second computer but not on the original
>> computer.
>>
>> A search on google indicates this problem is quite common but I have not
>> found a way of repairing it.
>>
>> I have had varying degrees of success using advanced options and
>> selecting various options but there appears to be a mismatch of some sort.
>>
>> It is a bit beyond my knowledge base
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bob
>> On 23/03/2021 12:27 pm, Byron Hammond wrote:
>>
>> So it sounds like not even the newer Ubuntu wants to work.
>> One thing I think that would be interesting to try would be to create a
>> live boot usb and see how Ubuntu runs off that.
>> If it runs off the USB that would rule out most hardware problems I
>> believe
>>
>> from my mobile
>>
>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021, 8:16 am bob, <congenial at ii.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Oops,
>>>
>>> I originally sent this from my other email account which you wouldn't
>>> recognize.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>> Subject: Dead Ubuntu
>>> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 18:54:26 +0800
>>> From: Bob <rdebijl at ii.net> <rdebijl at ii.net>
>>> To: plug at plug.org.au
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> In November my desktop computer running Ubuntu 14.04 (I think) suggested
>>> that I upgrade.
>>>
>>> I left it doing it's thing over night and it failed to upgrade.
>>>
>>> When rebooted it comes up with a message
>>>
>>> end Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
>>> unknown-block(0,0)
>>>
>>> I have absolutely no idea how to get it going
>>>
>>> I did download ubuntu-20.10-desktop-amd64(1) onto a usb and tried to
>>> install or boot the computer from it but no results there either.
>>>
>>> Hope some one can head me in the right direction even if is just to
>>> recommend somewhere to take it
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
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