Is it possible to upgrade 7.04 to 10.04?

Tom H tomh0665 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 28 05:56:41 UTC 2010


On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Cybe R. Wizard
<cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:11:32 -0400
> Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 18:40 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>> >> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Damien Hull <dhull at section9.us>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > I know it's a crazy question. Old system needs an upgrade. Is
>> >> > there a safe way to do this?
>> >>
>> >> Theoretically, the fastest is (I'm assuming that 7.04 and 7.10
>> >> repositories are available)
>> >> 1. 7.04 to 7.10
>> >> 2. 7.10 to 8.04
>> >> 3. 8.04 to 10.04
>> >> but I'd skip the upgrade and do a clean install.
>> >
>> > He'll be happier if he did. :) Ric
>>
>> I'm sure that he'll be but I'm also tempted to try a direct 7.04 to
>> 10.04 upgrade!
>>
> That /is/ what VMs are for, isn't it?  Playing?

If I have the time and am bored, I'll try it in a VM, yes.




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