Upgrade to 8.04

[Derek Broughton]

Cybe R. Wizard wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:31:56 +0100
> Diane Turner <dt16 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
>> I am running on 6.06LTS and have been trying to upgrade to 8.04 for
>> several weeks but but keep getting the message Error authenticating
>> libdb3 and then the upgrade drops out.  I have been unable to find a
>> way round this.  Can anybody help please.
>> 
> Upgrades require step-by-step upgrading through each release.  You'll
> need to upgrade first to 6.10, then to7.04, 7.10, then to 8.04.
> 
> Upgrading from LTS to LTS will be available for your upgrade /from/ 8.04
> but still (I think) won't include upgrades between LTSs.

6.06 and 8.04 _are_ both LTS, though.  So he should be able to do this.  
Unfortunately it's almost two years since I upgraded to 8.04...
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derek