dapper to hardy upgrade

[vidd]

Cody A.W. Somerville wrote:
> 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

I will recreate the issues I have encountered....
Where do I look to find the logs, and should I paste them here? or copy 
to mousepad and set as attachment
(im a little sleepy atm...this old box takes about 2 hours to upgrade)

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