[Bug 1875402] [NEW] Upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04 crashed my computer

[Xtien]

Public bug reported:

I was running 18.04, I recently upgraded from 16.04, on my desktop
computer. I decided to upgrade to 20.04 not waiting for point release
because my computer kept crashing on a kernel issue when I was running
Intellij Idea.

During the upgrade (do-release-upgrade) my computer crashed, after
restart it said it couldn't read a disk. It wouldn't start, it wouldn't
start with the previous kernel (4.15) nor with the pre-previous.

I haven't done a complete reinstall yet, I'm first backing up files, to
make sure the latest files are in the backup. Then I'll try some more to
get the thing running.

There is a bug nr 1874667 but I don't think that's the same: it says
"upgrade keeps crashing", I can't run the upgrade again because my pc
won't start at all, other than using an Ubuntu live disk (flash).

Please advise what I can do to fix the system, or what to do to provide
you with better info. I can't include files because I'm on another
computer now.


The computer was on 4.15, I downloaded a new 20.04 today, that is 5.03 or something?

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04 crashed my computer

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I was running 18.04, I recently upgraded from 16.04, on my desktop
  computer. I decided to upgrade to 20.04 not waiting for point release
  because my computer kept crashing on a kernel issue when I was running
  Intellij Idea.

  During the upgrade (do-release-upgrade) my computer crashed, after
  restart it said it couldn't read a disk. It wouldn't start, it
  wouldn't start with the previous kernel (4.15) nor with the pre-
  previous.

  I haven't done a complete reinstall yet, I'm first backing up files,
  to make sure the latest files are in the backup. Then I'll try some
  more to get the thing running.

  There is a bug nr 1874667 but I don't think that's the same: it says
  "upgrade keeps crashing", I can't run the upgrade again because my pc
  won't start at all, other than using an Ubuntu live disk (flash).

  Please advise what I can do to fix the system, or what to do to
  provide you with better info. I can't include files because I'm on
  another computer now.

  
  The computer was on 4.15, I downloaded a new 20.04 today, that is 5.03 or something?

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