On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Michael Sullivan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:garuda@wi.rr.com">garuda@wi.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Yes, with the DVD in the drive it says that there are 464 packages that<br> I can install, when I click on the icon to start the update manager, it<br> comes up, but then a warning comes up saying that not all updates can be<br> installed. When I look at the package list, many of the main audio<br> packages are not checked - like for example, Ardour (main reason for the<br> upgrade!) so I'm a bit confused. Is this one of those situations where<br> the upgrade has to be done in several passes or what? The vanilla<br> ubuntu documentation says you cannot to a direct upgrade from 8.04 -<br> 9.04, but with Kubuntu you can - hence the confusion and the question....<br> <div class="im"><br> <br> Christian Masser wrote:<br> > Hi<br> ><br> > No, you don't need to to a clean install. When you put in the CD while<br> > running 8.04 there should be a message, that a new version has been<br> > found or something like that, there you can do a system upgrade to<br> > 9.04 directly.<br> ><br> </div>> 2009/4/25 Michael Sullivan <<a href="mailto:garuda@wi.rr.com">garuda@wi.rr.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:garuda@wi.rr.com">garuda@wi.rr.com</a>>><br> <div class="im">><br> > Hi<br> ><br> > I just downloaded the alternate iso for 9.04 and wanted to know if<br> > I can<br> > upgrade directly from Ubuntu Studio 8.04. I avoided 8.10 because of no<br> > RT kernel, but does that mean that I have to do a clean install (which<br> > would be a real pain in the ass)?<br> ><br> > Thanks in advance.....<br> ><br> > --<br> > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> </div>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br> <div class="im">> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:<br> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a><br> ><br> ><br> <br> <br> </div>--<br> <div><div></div><div class="h5">Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br>I can't seem to find it in my mail archives at the moment, but I seem to remember that this issue was discussed before and at that time it was said that upgrading from 8.04 to 9.04 would NOT be supported, so you'd have to upgrade to Intrepid first and then to Jaunty, or just do a clean install. However, an upgrade between LTS releases (such as Hardy to Karmic) would be supported.<br clear="all"> <br>-- <br>-Brian David<br>