OS uninstallable

[Bret Busby]

On 1/4/23 18:36, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 at 20:33, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
> 
>> 1. I have just updated the BIOS to 1.59, following the instructions for
>> updating it from BIOS, in the web page of HP, for the laptop, that Ralph
>> had posted. I had to find an accessible Ethernet cable, as the BIOS
>> updating process network access requires Ethernet access, and does not
>> recognise wifi. At 0330, finding obscure things that have not been used
>> for some years, is not so easy.
> 
> Great! Well done!
> 
>> 2. Regarding the installing of Ubuntu 22.10, on the Ventoy drive,is
>> 22.10, with created and modified date 26 October 2022, from when I put
>> it on the drive, last year. Will that be adequate, or, do I need to
>> download a later iso for it (if one is available)?
> 
> It will be fine. LTS releases get updated ISOs very roughly every 6
> months, but short-term releases don't.
> 


In a message that I had posted, that was, I believe, the last previous 
message that I posted, was this;

"
 >
 > With the version of UbuntuMate 22.10 from 26 October, that is on the 
Ventoy drive, at the menu
 > "Try or Install UbuntuMATE"
 >
 > I select that, and get
 >
 > "
 > error: invalid magic number
 > error: you need to load the kernel first.
 > Press any key to continue...
 > "
 >
 > If,from booting from the Ventoy drive, I select Ubuntu Mate 22.04.1, 
that boots.
 >
 > ..
 > Bret Busby
 > Armadale
 > West Australia
 > (UTC+0800)
 > ..............
 >
 >
At the UbuntuMate downloads web pages, the versions (22.10 and 22.04.2) 
do not have release dates (of the particular iso files), and, 22.10, 
being an "interim" release, does not have point releases.

So, I am wondering, in the absence of displayed release dates, whether 
the downloadable version of 22.04.2 would include the "degree of 
updatedness" (?) of the downloadable version of 22.10; and, thence, 
whether the downloadable version of 22.04.2 would have the functionality 
of the downloadable version of 22.10, and, therefore, be able to do the 
repair work mentioned.

With not knowing whether the downloadable version of 22.10, is a later 
version than the one dated 26 October, and, given that the copy that I 
have, of 22.10, is unusable, if 22.04.2 has the functionality of 22.10, 
then, it would appear that I would be better to download and install 
22.04.2, rather than 22.10.

But, given that the downloads, are each, about 3GB, I prefer to have 
this clarified, so that I do not waste download quota, as I prefer to 
avoid repeatedly running out of download quota, each month.
"

So,I am wondering whether, relative to your recommendation to install 
and run Ubuntu 22.10, to fix the GRUB problem, I should instead, 
download and install 22.04.2 (I currently have 22.04.1, and, the 26 
October version of 22.10, on the Ventoy drive, but, the version that I 
have, of 22.10, appears to be bad).

..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
..............