Plan B: Ubuntu 24.04 Clean Install

The solution to the upgrade fiasco is to install Ubuntu 24.04 clean.

I downloaded the iso using my old Acer laptop running Xubuntu 18.04. I used Transmission and the torrent download for easy use. I found a usb stick I can spare. My next problem is to find an application to create a bootable usb stick. Fortunately, because I've used Archlinux before I am familiar with the dd command. I have no problem using the command line and the terminal to copy the ubuntu 24.04 iso and create a bootable usb stick without a graphical user interface. So after the torrent download which took me about 20 minutes, I now have a bootable usb stick containing ubuntu 24.04.1. This is the command:

# dd -R if=/home/Download/Ubuntu 24.04.1 Desktop.iso of=/media/usb stick volume bs=1M status=progress ; R means recursive, if is the source or the file location, of is the destination, name of the usb stick, status gives you a report

The new Ubuntu installer is quick and straightforward. Asks you to pick a language and a keyboard layout just like in an Arch install. I know my computer storage configuration. I have a zfs pool in my old Ubuntu but I have to install it (the new) first. My data is copied to a cloud service. I could later download some of them or sync them when the install is finished. The real important question that the installer will ask is where you want to 'park' your new ubuntu. What device name, and fortunately I have used the actual hard drive number and not the device label. The installer used the same. I am not getting this wrong. I also chose the minimal install. It only took 15 minutes.

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