Comments on: Upgrading From Ubuntu 8.04 To Ubuntu 8.10 – Part 3 http://www.pcmech.com/article/upgrading-from-ubuntu-804-to-ubuntu-810-part-3/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: marc http://www.pcmech.com/article/upgrading-from-ubuntu-804-to-ubuntu-810-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16275 marc Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:03:24 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=8350#comment-16275 I dunno, Rich, why my results were so much different from yours. I used the same method you used to upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04 with no prob. I used a slightly different method to go from 8.04 to 8.10. Both times I opened the terminal window beforehand, and did a sudo apt-get update to find any available updates. Then I let them install. The older version you're upgrading from must be absolutely up-to-date before proceeding with the upgrade to the new version. Doing that is really the only way to be absolutely sure it is. I don't fully trust the Update Manager. For the 8.10 upgrade I used the Ubuntu Geek method of Alt+F2 to open the "Run Application" GUI and typed in update-manager -d From there the upgrade procedure was pretty much like yours, except it all went without a hitch. I dunno, Rich, why my results were so much different from yours. I used the same method you used to upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04 with no prob. I used a slightly different method to go from 8.04 to 8.10.

Both times I opened the terminal window beforehand, and did a

sudo apt-get update

to find any available updates. Then I let them install. The older version you’re upgrading from must be absolutely up-to-date before proceeding with the upgrade to the new version. Doing that is really the only way to be absolutely sure it is. I don’t fully trust the Update Manager.

For the 8.10 upgrade I used the Ubuntu Geek method of Alt+F2 to open the “Run Application” GUI and typed in

update-manager -d

From there the upgrade procedure was pretty much like yours, except it all went without a hitch.

]]> By: Floyd Bufkin http://www.pcmech.com/article/upgrading-from-ubuntu-804-to-ubuntu-810-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-16254 Floyd Bufkin Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:23:16 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=8350#comment-16254 I always wait a week or so after a new release before doing the upgrade. Most of the bugs will be worked out by then. And the servers won't be so busy. Always backup your home folder before starting. Remember that Hardy is the LTS release and is very stable, and will be maintained until the next LTS release, so you are using your computer in a production environment you may want to consider this. But it's always fun to have the latest and greatest. I always wait a week or so after a new release before doing the upgrade. Most of the bugs will be worked out by then. And the servers won’t be so busy. Always backup your home folder before starting. Remember that Hardy is the LTS release and is very stable, and will be maintained until the next LTS release, so you are using your computer in a production environment you may want to consider this. But it’s always fun to have the latest and greatest.

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