[ubuntu-in] Upgrading directly to 10.04 LTS from 8.04LTS

[Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್)]

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:57 AM, ashish makani <ashish.makani at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks
> On one of my university machines, we have an older Ubuntu version 8.04 LTS
> I want to upgrade to the latest 10.04 release(lucid lynx).
> I think  i have 2 options
> 1. Using the update manager
> Is there a way to upgrade directly to 10.04 using Upgrade manager ?
> When i run Update manager, it shows release 8.10 is available.
> Do I have to upgrade, release by release,
> 8.04 ==> 8.10,
> 8.10 ==> 9.04
> 9.04 ==> 9.10,
> & then 9.10 ==> 10.04

This is ridiculous!!! Don't every try that in your vaguest
imaginations/dreams. :P

I feel this is how you go about it (I donno if it works)

Open "Software Sources" --> Go to "Updates tab" --> at bottom you can
see show distribution release and select  "Long term support release"
over "Normal release"

And try Alt+F2 "update-manager -d"


> 2. Installing from CD ?
> The other option that i thought of is, burning the 10.04 iso on a cd/dvd , &
> try to install from cd.
>

Safer allways than network upgrade

> I am kind of a linux/ubuntu n00b & want to upgrade to 10.04 fast, with as
> little effort as possible :)

never feel so...

> Which one do you experience Ubuntu hackers  recommend ?
> Are there other better ways ?
> Advice/Links/Suggestions/Comments welcome
> Best,
> ashish
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