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   Albert Arkwright to wAYNE   
   Re: cannot upgrade laptop from 20 to 22   
   04 Sep 22 16:55:02   
   
   From: Albert.Arkwright@gmail.com   
      
   On 03/09/2022 19:19, wAYNE wrote:   
   > On 9/3/22 14:00, Albert Arkwright wrote:   
   >> On 02/09/2022 21:07, Wayne wrote:   
   >>> After my desktop success in upgrading from 18 to 22, I tried to do the   
   >>> same on the laptop.  While the update to 20 went without incident, I   
   >>> am unable to update to 22.  I get the message that it can only do a   
   >>> partial upgrade when using the software updater.  When I click on   
   >>> partial upgrade, I then get a message that it cannot upgrade from   
   >>> focal to jammy not supported with this tool. Suggestions?   
   >> If you have backed up your personal data then doing a clean install   
   >> would be faster and successful IMO.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > I'd rather not if I can avoid it.  It took me months the last time to   
   > get everything back where I needed it plus this is a dual boot   
   > selected at start up either Ubuntu or Win 10.  My desktop did fine   
   > with the same upgrade (18 to 22), not sure why the laptop is giving   
   > problems.   
      
   Did you try "sudo do-release-upgrade" just to see what it does? It might   
   just fix the problems automatically at a cost of time. Because it has to   
   do all the checking and verifications, it takes some time.   
      
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