Second System results of 8.04 LTS to 10.04.1 LTS Upgrade **STATUS UPDATE**

[Colin Law]

On 20 January 2011 11:11, Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:36:17 +0000 From: Colin Law
>> <clanlaw at googlemail.com>
>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
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> Subject: Re: Second System results of 8.04 LTS to 10.04.1 LTS Upgrade
> **STATUS UPDATE**
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> On 19 January 2011 23:05, Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > [...]
>>> > 1. Where will dpkg get the packages to install? The new system is not
>>> > running Ubuntu and is not on the net.
>>
>> *Not* running Ubuntu??
>
> Correct. It is a refurbished system that I purchased and had Windows
> installed. I will be using a distribution CD. No internet connection will
> available to me.

I see, you mean it is not *currently* running Ubuntu, I thought you
meant you did not want to run Ubuntu.

If you google for
ubuntu how to install applications no network
you will find a number of ways of installing stuff when you have no
network connection.

Colin