Gutsy Upgrade problem

[NoOp]

On 03/29/2008 08:57 PM, Rick Knight wrote:
> Rick Knight wrote:
>> NoOp wrote:
>>   
>>> On 03/29/2008 03:11 PM, Rick Knight wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>> Can tell me what I've done wrong or point me to some better Upgrade 
>>>> instructions?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Rick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>> Sure:
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GutsyUpgrades
>>>>   http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>> You probably missed the "Upgrading using the alternate CD/DVD" section.
>>>
>>> What happens when you place the alternate CD in the drive while you are
>>> in Feisty?
>>>   
>>>     
>> Nothing happens.
>>   
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>
>> When I use the instruction "If the upgrade dialog is not displayed for 
>> any reason, you may also run the following command using Alt+F2: " I get 
>> the kdesu dialog but then nothing happens. If I run the sam command from 
>> a terminal I get this...
>>
>> [: 23: 7.10: unexpected operator
>>
>> Could not find the upgrade application in the archive, exiting
>>
>> tar: /media/Kubuntu: Cannot open: No such file or directory
>> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>>
>> tar: Child returned status 2
>> tar: 7.10: Not found in archive
>> tar: i386/dists/stable/main/dist-upgrader/binary-all//gutsy.tar.gz: Not 
>> found in archive
>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>>
>> rick at rick:~$ 
>>
>> When I insert the CD, it is auto-mounted at /media/Kubuntu 7.10 i386. I 
>> think the spaces in the mount point are causing the problem. I'll try 
>> and mount the cd at /media/cdrom. I'll post the results.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rick
>>
>>
>>   
> 
> OK, I remounted the CD at /media/cdrom and then re-ran the Alternativ 
> CD/DVD Upgrade. The upgrade started, downloaded a couple of updates and 
> then began the upgrade process. It finished with a message that the 
> system was up to date.  Then it restored the system state and was done. 
> I shutdown and then restarted with the new kernel. No change. It still 
> won't boot the Gutsy kernel. I get the same error. I still have boot 
> with the Feisty kernel.
> 
> Can you suggest anything else?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rick
> 

Well, I'm pretty much out of suggestions... perhaps this will work while
in Feisty:

  sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  sudo apt-get -f install
  sudo dpkg --configure -a