Upgrade 6.06 beta to final release using CD?

[Germ]

I'm on a 31.2 dialup and a upgrade to the final release over the internet is out of the question. At work I can download and burn ISOs, so right now I am running the 6.06 beta.

Is there any way to use the CD to upgrade to the final release? I've done quite a bit of customising and would prefer not to re-install.

Thanks.

[aysiu]

Re: Upgrade 6.06 beta to final release using CD?

Yes.

Burn the ISO of the alternate installer CD (not the desktop CD) and then pop it into your Kubuntu.

In the terminal, type

sudo apt-cdrom add

and then

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list_backup
kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list

Delete everything except the CD-ROM source. Then save and exit Kate

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

When the upgrade is over, do

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list_backup /etc/apt/sources.list

Honestly, though, the difference between Beta and the final won't take that long over dial-up. It'll probably take you longer to download the ISO, even on broadband on another computer.

[Fenyx]

Re: Upgrade 6.06 beta to final release using CD?

Is it really impossible to use the Desktop CD as a repository?

[Germ]

Re: Upgrade 6.06 beta to final release using CD?

Thank you, aysiu.

[aysiu]

Re: Upgrade 6.06 beta to final release using CD?

Is it really impossible to use the Desktop CD as a repository?

Yes. There are no .deb files on it.

[vinodis]

Re: Upgrade 6.06 beta to final release using CD?

Omg!
Thank you very much Jucato, aysiu and Kubicle
I have been trying hard for couple of days to get this done. Tried a lot of times with vms inside vmware. Now I know why it did not succeed
The offline upgrade cannot be done with the Desktop/Live CD.
I have given a download for http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6...rnate-i386.iso

Hopefully that would help me upgrade.

Thank you again.!

[Germ]

Re: Upgrade 6.06 beta to final release using CD?

aysiu,
Many thanks. It worked beautifully.