[ubuntu-za] Live CD dist-upgrade

[James Cuénod]

"There's a lot that can go wrong if you do attempt upgrading from the
live cd, and no one will be able to help you when it does."

hehe - okay... thanks, I guess I'll do a clean install...

On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) <
jonathan at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hi James
>
> James Cuénod wrote:
> > I know that you are supposed to either use do the upgrade using an
> > internet connection or an alternate disc but is it at all possible (I
> > don't mind how complex or difficult) to do a dist-upgrade using only the
> > live CD. I realise that the difference between the alternate and live
> > discs is that the alternate disc actually holds the packages like a
> > repository whereas the live CD is just an image of the system but is it
> > possible to somehow "package" the extracted files on that image or
> > something?
>
> It certainly is "possible" to repack the packages on the live cd, but
> you're really better of waiting a bit more and getting an alternate CD
> from someone, or even backing up your data and installing from scratch.
> There's a lot that can go wrong if you do attempt upgrading from the
> live cd, and no one will be able to help you when it does.
>
> -Jonathan
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