Ubuntu 5.10 to 6.06 Upgrade Experience

[Austin Godber]

I believe I mentioned that I used the "update-manager" ... heres some

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperUpgrades

Austin

Dazed_75 wrote:
> I've been following this discussion about the results people are seeing but
> no one seems to mention the procedure they are using.  I find that curious
> in that a search on the Ubuntu web site seems to only give the procedure
> from BEFORE release where you issued a command to include pre-release
> repositories.  Oh, I did see some references about change "breezy" to
> "dapper" in a file but it also was not clear about the whole procedure.
> 
> Now I have not downloaded the CD image to see if using it detects your
> current installation and offers to upgrade but one would expect to see more
> info than that there is a new tool you can use to do an upgrade.  I'll dl
> and make a CD tonight, but if any of you experts could point me at any
> clear
> instructions for doing the Breezy -> Dapper upgrade, I would appreciate it.
> 
> On 6/6/06, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
>>
>> Am 06. Jun, 2006 schwätzte Austin Godber so:
>>
>> > Then again ... update-manager just hosed my install at the pcmcia-cs
>> > package point.  Thats OK ... I knew i was taking the cheap way out and
>> > not even logging out of X to do my upgrade ... Its time for a reinstall
>>
>> Shouldn't need to log out of X to do a dist-upgrade. After the upgrade
>> maybe, but not to do it.
>>
>> > anyway, its been a few years.
>>
>> Shouldn't need to reinstall. Boxen should be installed once unless you're
>> changing distros. Heck, maybe not even then. I'm thinking about trying to
>> go from sarge to dapper.
>>
>> ciao,
>>
>> der.hans
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