[ubuntu users] Upgrading

[Ted Hilts]

I originally installed version 7.10 Ubuntu desktop and server. No 
problems! As time went on there were successive automatic kernel 
upgrades now all the way up to release 8.04 (Hardy), Whenever there was 
a kernel upgrade I would get 2 versions with one notated as "Restore..."

The last automatic upgrade "failed" and it now appears unable to 
recognize the file system or some aspect of the file system.  Every time 
I have to power down I get this same problem and the system indicates 
something wrong with the file system and then provides a admin shell 
telling me to fix the problem. Basically, I have to shut down and take 
the Restore version which does recognize the file system and everything 
is fine until I again have to shut down.  I use the System Monitor to 
display the file system and I was able to confirm that after shutting 
down and then booting back up only a small portion of the hard drives 
were visible by the System Monitor.  Upon this condition I then 
activated the restore kernel.

On every upgrade there was a failed effort to upgrade CRON and several 
other utilities but never this kind of scenario.where I had to activate 
the Restore kernel version..  The hard drives NOT recognized were all 
NTFS format except for one that was transformed to ext3 format. I don't 
know what is the difference between the regular kernel upgrade and the 
restore. There have been over 6 upgrades with the upgraded kernel 
version on the top (the default after so many seconds) and below it the 
restore version  which can be selected.  So I have about 6 of these 
PAIRS of  kernel upgrades with the last upgrade somehow being 
prematurely stopped but with the restore version seemingly okay.

I am only guessing when I say that the last restore version of the 
kernel pair is somehow a rollback to the previous upgrade which, if that 
is the case, there will be no more successful kernel upgrades until I 
get this problem sorted out and I don't have a clue other then to 
somehow remove the last failed kernel upgrade and somehow attempt a 
successful retry.

Hopefully there will be someone who understands this problem.

Thanks, Ted Hilts
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