Upgrading

[Karl Larsen]

On 05/03/2010 12:13 AM, NoOp wrote:
> On 05/02/2010 09:15 PM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> ...
>    
>> The Ubuntu Way is with the Update-Manager.
>> At the terminal issue the command:
>> sudo update-manager -d
>> and it will show if there is a new version available.
>>      
> I suggest you read:
>
> $ man update-manager
>
> and
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades
> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes
>
>
>
>    
         I used the Update Manager  on my 8.10 Ubuntu to update the 
system and then used it to upgrade to version 9.04. Here are notes I 
took on the 8.10 version while it was being upgraded:


         I am on 8.10 and getting 110 updates. When this is complete in 
an hour I will try to upgrade to 9.04 which I can do with even this 
early version. It will be a one step update as expected and both 
versions use Grub1. It will be interesting to see if this note will 
appear on my new 9.04 version

         Also I am using a partition for /home/karl and this is loaded 
by /etc/fstab and the partition is /dev/sda5. Be interesting if the 
update will bring this along. All it needs to do is use the old /etc/fstab.

         The Upgrade is 1066 files taking 3 hours to download on my slow 
Qwest Internet. It does seem to be working fine.

         I can't find any bad problems. When you boot up it looks like 
8.11 but then it changes and asks for a name and password. After that it 
looks like 9.04
and the the hard drive is still busy sorting out the new system.

     It appears that the upgrade from 8.10 to 9.04 was a success. I used 
the $ cat /etc/issue to determine for sure it did update.

         My gut feeling is that you can upgrade this way and it will 
work but it is VERY important to have the old version fully updated and 
nothing working while the update is taking place.


73 Karl



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