can I "just" apt-get dist-upgrade

[Karl F. Larsen]

robert rottermann wrote:
> hi there,
> 
> I am new to ubuntu and inherited the support of an Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS box.
> 
> on that computer there was never an upgrade executed.
> 
> now I am a bit afraid to just apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade.
> 
> will that work after all these years?
> the computer is half a continent away, so I can not just walk over if the
> upgrade bombs. (and it would probably be the end of my new assignment ..).
> 
> so what do you recommend?
> 
> thanks for your time
> 
> robert
> 
> 
> 
> 
	You are inviting disaster if you even try for upgrades from the 
distance you are from the computer. Of course it is possible to try by 
ssh over the Internet but only if it all goes well will it succeed.

73 Karl


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