Public bug reported:
First, please forgive me if I do not report this issue correctly. I'm
new here and don't generally live in the Launchpad world. (I've tried
this at askUbuntu.com, and it was suggested I come here.)
In brief: I have a 2006 Dell Inspiron (32 bit) with a (slow) 40 GB hard
drive running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Having the system exactly the way I want
it, I used the application "Systemback" to install the system on a
(fast) 128 GB USB drive, which, being bootable, worked exactly the same
as if I booted from the hard drive. So I started using the faster 128
USB drive exclusively.
Now typically, Software Updater, if not requiring a restart, updated the
running USB drive just fine. But one day, after Software Updater did an update
that required a restart, this happened:
the GRUB 2 bootloader the USB drive that was booted from, AND ALSO the GRUB 2
bootloader on the laptop's hard drive got broken, to the point where neither
was bootable, taking me to the dreaded "grub rescue" command line when trying
to boot either one. (Thankfully, I had a second USB drive with my Ubuntu system
on it, and was able to install it from there to both the laptop's hard drive
and the other now-ruined USB drive to bring them back to a pre-broken, normal
existence.)
With that background, I ask: Can Ubuntu's updates that require restarts
merely work with the drive that was booted from, and not any affect any
others (including an unmounted hard drive that was not booted from) ?
If so, then anyone could get a Linux the way they want that they can
take anywhere, bootable from any computer, AND update-able from any
computer, bypassing all need for hard drives of any sort. No longer
would people need to even buy laptops with hard drives or even operating
systems. They could simply buy a smaller, cheaper, hard-drive-less and
OS-less device that runs merely by plugging an Ubuntu Linux USB drive
into it as "the system".
Thank you very much for your time!
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: linux-image-3.13.0-165-generic 3.13.0-165.215
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-165.215-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-165-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: noname 2014 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Feb 8 12:12:35 2019
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=230fdc83-e7b8-40a5-8731-075b72792c69
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-31 (39 days ago)
InstallationMedia:
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Dell Inc. ME051
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-165-generic
root=UUID=7cfb23c6-b380-495e-9e1c-813436961fef ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-165-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-165-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.127.24
RfKill:
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2018-12-31 (39 days ago)
WifiSyslog:
dmi.bios.date: 12/22/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A04
dmi.board.name: 0TD535
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA04:bd12/22/2005:svnDellInc.:pnME051:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0TD535:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: ME051
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Confirmed
** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty
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Ubuntu System on USB Drive Breaks with Updates Requiring Restarts
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