Move to 8.04, Hardy Heron

[Michael.Coll-Barth at VerizonWireless.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Broughton
> Michael.Coll-Barth at VerizonWireless.com wrote:

> Why "times 5"?  I download everything on my own machine, and 
> use apt-move to
> create a local apt (partial) mirror, then update my wife's 
> machine from
> mine.  No muss, no fuss, and no multiple downloads.  There 
> are half a dozen
> different ways to do what apt-move does.

Derek,

I am going to try this.  Anything to look out for?  If this mucks me up,
I'll just build it from scratch.  I was looking for the path of least
resistance and damage to the system in terms of user settings and files.


Gary,

The darn alternative CD boots up like a regular 8.04 CD.  I see an
install option, but not an upgrade option.  Or maybe I am seeing ( not
seeing ) things, so I will take another look tonight.  When selecting
the install option it does switch to text mode.  I thought there would
be a way to enter the following command; gksu "sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade"
( found that here: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading ).  Maybe
that should be used as a boot option?

I can't believe that I am even whining.  I had to re-compile the kernel
when I first tried Linux to get SCSI support.  And graphics support was
almost non-existent.  Even if I totally muck up the boxes, I have the
data backups, so I would only have to worry about a few settings.  Yes,
I already tried a restore from the backups and they work.

thanks for the patience,
Michael


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