How Long "Should" It Take

[Grizzly]

05 February 2021  at 15:18, Jim Byrnes wrote:
Re: How Long "Should" It Take (at least in part)

>On 2/5/21 2:25 PM, Grizzly via ubuntu-users wrote:
>> Hi All
>> 
>> I have been "Trying" to install 20.04.2 over my old 16.04.5 (on a dual boot
>> with Win7)
>> 
>> Dell Inspiron, E5300 2.6Ghz Duel Core, 4Gb Ram, Intel i915 Display
>> 
>> Normal try before install option hung for an hour (well did nothing past a
>> purple screen with a black curser)
>> 
>> Safe Graphics try before install seemed to work
>> 
>> F6 then
>> Normal install option hung (again well did nothing past a purple screen with a
>> black curser)
>> 
>> F6
>> Safe Graphics install got started, took just over an hour from the choice of
>> what to install (Minimal install & Thrid party drivers) to get to the choice to
>> "Erase 16.04.5 and instal 20.04.2" over it
>> 
>> We are now about 3 hours on and I still only have the spining circle thing, no
>> sign of any movment along the install route
>> 
>> should I wait even longer?
>> 
>> does 20.04.2 take a long time ?
>> 
>
>Can you even go from 16.04 to 20.04? I thought the recommended way was
>16.04 --> 18.04 --> 20.04 or wipe the partition and install fresh.

I'm not using "Do_Release_Upgrade" (it would tak eat least two days with my net 
speed for the steeps)

I am erasing the 16.04 and installing 20.04