How Long "Should" It Take

[J. Paul Bissonnette]

On Fri, 05 Feb 2021 22:07:22 -0000
Grizzly via ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 05 February 2021  at 17:25, J. Paul Bissonnette wrote:
> Re: How Long "Should" It Take (at least in part)
> 
> >On Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:18:01 -0600
> >Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
> >  
> >> 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.
> >> 
> >> Regards,  Jim
> >> 
> >>   
> >I gave up years ago installing one version over another. It usually
> >turns out to be more trouble that it is worth. I do a clean install,
> >it make look like more work ; but in the long run it is not.  
> 
> In effect it is a clean install, the installer "should" erase 16.04
> and install 20.04 in it's place, if it were not a dual boot with Win7
> I would format and start from scratch, but I don't want (and have not
> before needed) to re install both 
> 
I have tried installing over another and have had issues with
dependencies since Ubuntu 8.04. I backup  /home,
/etc/fstab and rebuild it from there.