In terms of a major reinstall, should I use LVM or not? What is the current thinking? My existing 2 drive system uses LVM, but I have never used it.
Thanks Mark On Tue, Aug 19, 2025, 9:37 AM mo <mowgli...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've always had this problem when my WM or DE didn't update properly or > update was buggy. Only resolution was switching WM or DE or waiting on big > fix update. > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 15:35 Mark Phillips <m...@phillipsmarketing.biz> > wrote: > > > I am running Ubuntu 20.04 on my Oryx Pro laptop. I performed a normal > > update/upgrade and after a reboot, a white screen appeared with a sad > > monitor graphic and "Oh no, something went wrong!" message. > > > > I have 2 drives, one for the OS and one for /home/mark in the machine > (sym > > link to OS drive). I created a writable Ubuntu 24.04 Live USB stick and I > > can boot the machine and access both drives. What diagnostics should I > run > > to diagnose the problem? Especially to determine if I need a new OS > drive. > > > > Or, should I just install Ubuntu 24.04 on the OS drive? The downside is > the > > time needed installing all my apps and removing/reinstalling the > /home/mark > > drive (so I don't mess that up!). > > > > System76 tech support was next to worthless. Waited 6 days for "We are > very > > busy so just reinstall the OS". > > > > Thanks! > > >
