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Error updating 18.04 LTS on Intel NUC

Asked by William Haynes

getting this error "Sorry, there are nor more upgrades for this system. There will not be any further Ubuntu releases for this system 'i386' architecture. Updates for Ubuntu 18.04 will continue until 2023-04-26. If you reinstall Ubuntu....future upgrades will be available."

When I look at my hardware, I see this reported.
CPU Intel(R) Core(R) i5-5250U

Is this an i386 architecture?

If I reinstall, do I need to start from scratch by reformatting the disk?

bill

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/84984/intel-core-i5-5250u-processor-3m-cache-up-to-2-70-ghz.html

64bit CPU. What is the output of:

sudo apt update; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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William Haynes (william-haynes) said : 		#2

bill@tigger:~$ sudo apt update
Ign:1 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20190210) bionic InRelease
Hit:2 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20190210) bionic Release
Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88.7 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB]
Fetched 252 kB in 1s (382 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
13 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
>>>>had to ctrl-C to get this to terminate aft 5 min wait

bill@tigger:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic

bill@tigger:~$ uname -a
Linux tigger 5.4.0-52-generic #57~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 15 14:00:21 UTC 2020 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Yeah your CPU is 64bit but your operating system is 32bit. I suggest you run a final full backup of your important data, wipe the install off and do a clean install of Focal (Ubuntu 20.04) which will be the 64bit version. This will give full support until April 2025. Canonical are ceasing support for 32bit.

Why are you using 32bit Ubuntu when your CPU is 64bit?

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William Haynes (william-haynes) said : 		#4

Thank you.

I need to keep the OS at 18.04 as I mirror our online server with this
one on our lab.

I've downloaded the ubuntu-18.04.5-live-server-amd64.iso.

After a full backup, I should be able to install this OS. Do you agree/

bill

On 11/5/20 2:41 AM, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #693823 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/693823
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Yeah your CPU is 64bit but your operating system is 32bit. I suggest you
> run a final full backup of your important data, wipe the install off and
> do a clean install of Focal (Ubuntu 20.04) which will be the 64bit
> version. This will give full support until April 2025. Canonical are
> ceasing support for 32bit.
>
> Why are you using 32bit Ubuntu when your CPU is 64bit?
>

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Yeah totally. You can restore your user data and use 64bit. 18.04 is supported until April 2023 so lots of life left in it.

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William Haynes (william-haynes) said : 		#6

Thank you for the quick response.

bill

On 11/5/20 2:50 AM, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #693823 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/693823
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Yeah totally. You can restore your user data and use 64bit. 18.04 is
> supported until April 2023 so lots of life left in it.
>

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Bernard Stafford (bernard010) said : 		#7

lscpu | grep mode
Processor compatibility.

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William Haynes (william-haynes) said : 		#8

thank you

bill

On 11/6/20 4:41 PM, Bernard Stafford wrote:
> Your question #693823 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/693823
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Bernard Stafford proposed the following answer:
> lscpu | grep mode
> Processor compatibility.
>

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William Haynes (william-haynes) said : 		#9

This problem as been solved.