Upgrade an old edgy machine to a LTS version ?

[Sam Przyswa]

Big thanks Tim, I tryed to got a KVM interface from the housing, but I 
have backups and rescue boot system.

Thanks again.

Sam.

Tim Frost a écrit :
> Sam,
>
>
> On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 17:02 +0200, Sam Przyswa wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a problem to apt-get apps on an old Edgy REMOTE machine, How to 
>> upgrade *remotely* this Edgy machine to a LTS version ?
>>     
>
> Not an easy task, as there will be several (at least 3) reboots, so
> console access is advisable (remote KVM preferred, but serial may work).
>
> Since edgy is  version 6.10, which is newer than dapper (version
> 6.06.2LTS), you need to upgrade to hardy (8.10LTS) to get a system that
> is running an LTS release.  Because edgy is not an LTS release, you will
> need to upgrade in steps:
> 0: apply any outstanding edgy patches, from old-releases.ubuntu.com
> 1: edgy -> feisty from old-releases.ubuntu.com
> 2: feisty -> gutsy from old-releases.ubuntu.com
> 3: gutsy -> hardy from archive.ubuntu.com (or a mirror)
>
> Note that because of their age, and the 18-month support limit for
> non-LTS releases, you need to use old-releases.ubuntu.com for all except
> the final step to hardy.
>
> Upgrade steps are:
> 1: Change your sources.list to access the archived repositories
>     on old-releases.ubuntu.com, rather than archive.ubuntu.com
>     (edit /etc/apt/sources.list with your favourite editor - eg
>      "sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list" or
>      "gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list").
> 2: do "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"
>     to get the newest packages for the edgy system
> 3: Edit /etc/apt/sources.list, replacing 'edgy' with 'feisty'
> 4: repeat the "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"
>    which should upgrade the system to feisty.  You may need to
>    repeat the "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" step, if there are problems.
>
> 5: Update to gutsy, by repeating steps 3 and 4, changing 'feisty' to
> 'gutsy' in /etc/apt/sources.list.
>
> 6: Upgrade to hardy, by:
>    a: Replacing 'gutsy' with 'hardy' in /etc/apt/sources.list
>    b: Specifying the active archive (archive.ubuntu.com, or your
>        local mirror) rather than old-releases.ubuntu.com,
>        in /etc/apt/sources.list
>
>
> Note that there is some risk of breakage, because Ubuntu prefers the use
> of update-manager rather than apt-get (or aptitude), and because the two
> intermediate steps, like edgy, are no longer officially supported.  
>
>   
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Sam.
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> Tim
>