Hi folks,
I tried to upgrade from (Lubuntu) 18.04 to 19.04 over the weekend.
The upgrade didn't go as planned - the system wouldn't boot - so I decided to do a fresh install of Ubuntu 19.04 (I figured that as Lubuntu is no longer supporting LXDE, which was my main reason for using it, that it's time I found another distro).
I spent a day installing my programs only to begin seeing the dreaded busybox/intrafms messages at boot.
This happened with my previous SSD, although as I started running fsck on the live system when it began happening, this was probably the explanation. Eventually, even that stopped working, but as running fsck manually at every second boot wasn't a solution for me, I decided to buy a new disk.
In this case and the previous one, the SSDs started malfunctioning within a year. I don't dual boot, use the default swap setup, and don't generally forcibly turn the machine off. And I know for certain that I've been careful never to run fsck on the live system this time.
What gives?
Does Ubuntu simply fry SSDs?
Could I be getting lightning damage (there are only very occasional storms where I live, but the machine isn't on a surge protector)?
I never had this problem on my old (HDD) desktop or laptops.
TIA for anybody with thoughts to offer!
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