[Bug 245694] Re: Remote Server Upgrade from 6.06 to 8.04 Fails

Walter Garcia-Fontes walter.garcia at upf.edu
Thu Dec 15 18:28:25 UTC 2011


I'm closing this bug as it seems that it is long solved with the
provided workarounds. Please feel free to reopen (by marking the status
as "new") if it is still an issue with currently supported versions of
Ubuntu.

** Package changed: update-manager-core (Ubuntu) => update-manager
(Ubuntu)

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Remote Server Upgrade from 6.06 to 8.04 Fails

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager-core

  Hi, First, I'm a newbie. I'm using a server at 1and1. I've got a base
  install of Ubuntu 6.06 32 bit server minimal. I use Putty to SSH and
  do management. I want to get set up on 8.04 - 32 bit. I have tried
  twice, first using the /etc/apt/sources.list below and once using the
  1and1 file which points to internal servers. I get the same results
  which is after completion and reboot, I can't SSH into my server,
  although it appears to reboot. I re-image back to 6.06 and everything
  is fine. I don't see any obvious errors as the install happens and all
  the various questions that come up, around ten or so, I answer YES or
  OK to. I'm guessing that whatever controls SSH is not restarting
  properly. Should I try to upgrade first to 7.10, then to 8.04? I
  understand from your blog that I shouldn't have to do this. Below is
  step-by-step what I've done. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in
  advance! Ken Young

  Steps I followed: (I'm logged in as 'root' when doing the following steps)
  1. cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.orig
  2. vi /etc/apt/sources.list (delete all lines and add in the following)
  # sources.list file
  deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted
  deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted
  deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted
  deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted
  # End of file
  3. aptitude update
  4. aptitude upgrade
  5. aptitude dist-upgrade  (repeat steps 3,4,5 until no more changes occur
  6. aptitude install update-manager-core
  7. do-release-upgrade –d 8.04   (the 2nd time I did simply do-release-upgrade with the same results. No a bunch of questions occur, which I guessed at the right answer
  i.	You get a warning about “xserver-xorg” sometimes not installing and that you should check to see that it is installed after setup and install manually if needed 
  ii.	You get a notice that IF your kernel supports it (ie higher than 2.6.14) , “mdadm”  can check the redundancy of your MD arrays (RAIDs). If you have a RAID setup (we do I think have twin 160GB drives) then answer “YES”
  iii.	You get a warning about running services that need to be restarted. The list includes “ssh, rsync lprng cron atd apache2”. Select “OK”. These processes will each be stopped then restarted.
  iv.	Message about “PAM” library upgrade service that need to stop and be restarted. Select “OK” to the default list
  v.	You get an option to setup/modify the “/etc/securetty” file. I elected to “Install the Package Maintainers Version” which is the default. (“Y”)
  vi.	You get an option around “/etc/default/tmpfs”. I elected to “Install the Package Maintainers Version” which is the default. (“Y”)
  vii.	You get a screen talking about security issues and restarting of “apache2”. Click “OK”
  viii.	You get a screen on “/etc/sysctl.conf”.  I elected to “Install the Package Maintainers Version” which is the default. (“Y”)
  ix.	You get a screen on “/etc/default/ntpdate”. I elected to “Install the Package Maintainers Version” which is the default. (“Y”)
  x.	You get a screen on “/etc/syslog.conf”. I elected to “Install the Package Maintainers Version” which is the default. (“Y”)
  xi.	Now it looks for “Obsolete Packages”. Enter “Y” to remove.
  xii.	Now you get a message stating that “System Upgrade is Complete. System must be restarted to finish the upgrade.” Select “Y”. then a message appears “System is going down for reboot” and your SSH session disconnects
  xiii.	Close your Putty window, then re-start a new Putty session (wait 5 minutes to allow the system to have time to re-boot).

  I have no clue as how to fix this. Any help is greatly appreciated.
  Thanks!

  Ken Young

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