[ubuntu-nz] 8.10

Liz liz at debian.co.nz
Tue Nov 4 00:25:41 GMT 2008


Paulus Herewini wrote:
> Just upgraded to Ibex yesterday by burning alternative disk, inserting 
> and selecting "upgrade". Encounted a lot of errors with a somehow 
> corrupt disk burn, burnt a second time and encounted more errors. 
> Unfortunately my girlfriend came home and found the window saying 99% 
> complete but "upgrade could not be completed".
>
> After a restart and an update all seems well although when I go System 
> > About Ubuntu, where the version number should be I get: "Thank you 
> for your interest in Ubuntu - the  - released in .".
>
> This is the first time I have had a problem with an upgrade and I'm 
> afraid to do a clean re-install after all my local-web/svn-server 
> customisation and other things that I may lose. I'm also reluctant to 
> upgrade my 64bit laptop.
>
> Any other experiences upgrading?
>
> Paulus
Works fine here, several of the guys at work all upgraded with no 
problems at all. Not using a cd however - doing it via the net.

I dont think ive ever done it via a cd.

Liz




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