[ubuntu-uk] Upgrading, was: booting the ubuntu restore DVD

[Sean Miller]

On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Michael Holloway
<michael at thedarkwinter.com> wrote:
> Alan, well corrected. I'm an Alpha 4ish kinda guy ( I like change!), I
> forgot that you cant upgrade direct through two releases.
>
> Though I must say, in theory there shouldn't be a problem with it (if
> the option is even there). I'm almost tempted to install hardy just to
> try :) But then again, a broken installation and a can of beer is my
> idea of a good Friday night!
>
> Rowan, you can pretty much disregard my advice, but at least you know
> that your problem is fixed in later releases of Ubuntu.

I still stand by my view that a clean installation would be a better
bet than any form of upgrade/fix.

In my experience once things start to go wrong they have a habit of
continuing to do so... I wonder what other "custom drivers" the
company has installed on Rowan's PC that will create issues in the
future?

Sean