apt-get update
Mario Vukelic
mario.vukelic at dantian.org
Tue Nov 11 21:14:40 UTC 2008
On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 10:07 -0800, Steven Davies-Morris wrote:
> Either way you go, back up your sources.list before changing it. Once
> done you can:
>
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> Personally I wouldn't make such a huge rev level jump, but if you're
> going to attempt it that's the mechanics of what you need to do.
No, it is not. It can work if you know really well what you are doing
(but is very likely to cause major problems when doing an LTS->LTS
jump), but it is not officially supported and receives little to no
testing
These are the mechanics, for *any* OS installation/upgrade: read release
notes, ponder, follow instructions.
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/810 which links to
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
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