dapper to hardy upgrade

[Cody A.W. Somerville]

Could you provide the actual logs? That way we can see the errors and look
at fixing the problems instead of just issuing a warning to user. The next
month and a half is devoted to fixing such problems.

Thanks,

Cody A.W. Somerville

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM, vidd <vidd at crosslink.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the links....
> These were extremely useful
>
> Results:
>
> Changing the /etc/apt/sources.list and running sudo apt-get update &&
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> AND
> Using synaptic
>    Failed miserably
>    I was left with a completely broken system, with too many failures
> to bother naming.
>    (This was not unexpected, since these methods are for
> release-to-release, not intended for such a drastic update)
>
> RECOMMENDATION:
>    Add a very prominent note to the website for users and administrator
> to NOT use these methods
>
> Using the update-manager
>    An up-to-date dapper install has update-manager installed
>    As instructed, the -d switch was required (presumable will not be
> upon final release)
>    Worked fairly well
>    Required post-upgrade maintenace:
>       sudo apt-get -f install to fix broken packages
>       sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade to get the
> updates that required the broken packages
>
>    ****TURN OFF SCREENSAVER****
>    I had forgotten to do this one upgrade attempt, and ended up with a
> blue screen and a mouse pointer
>    I was able to continue by switching to command line
> ([ctrl]+[alt]+[F1]) and running sudo dpkg --configure -a
>
> RECOMMENDATION:
>    Include a strong warning about screensaver, and include a "if you
> have trouble" paragraph.
>    Three lines from the command line will fix all issues I encountered
> (in order)
>             sudo dpkg --configure -a
>             sudo apt-get -f install
>              sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>
>
> I have not been able to successfully test the server upgrade
> instructions at this time, and I dont believe I will have the time, as I
> will be working on pinpointing a specific java/web browser issue (a
> topic for a different post)
>
> Thank you
>
> vidd
>
>
> Kaspar Kööp wrote:
> > you should also check these links out:
> >
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTSUpgradesHowto
> > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/lts-upgrades
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTSUpgrades
> >
> > k
> >
> >
> > On 20/02/2008, *vidd* <vidd at crosslink.net <mailto:vidd at crosslink.net>>
> > wrote:
> >
> >     I am preparing to test the ability to upgrade from 6.06.2 directly
> to
> >     hardy, without the incremental steps between.
> >
> >     Dapper Install
> >         I have no Dapper install disks handy, so I took a breezy install
> >     disk and installed CLI-only
> >         I edited the sources.list file to comment out the cd, enabled
> all
> >     repo's, and replaced all instances of "breezy" with "dapper"
> >         I upgraded from breezy to dapper via apt-get update and apt-get
> >     dist-upgrade
> >         I added xubuntu to the CLI-only with apt-get install
> >     xubuntu-desktop
> >
> >     Hardy Install -- phase one
> >         Manually edit sources.list , replacing "dapper" with "hardy"
> >         Upgrade via CLI with sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get
> >     dist-upgrade
> >         Report any issues
> >     *****should sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude dist-upgrade be
> >     tested
> >     as well?
> >
> >     Hardy Install -- phase two
> >         Format and re-install per "Dapper Install" (see above)
> >         Upgrade via upgrade tool (is this available to test yet?)
> >         Report any issues
> >
> >     Test system:
> >         Pentium II 350 MHz
> >         384 MB Ram
> >         15 GB hard drive
> >
> >
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