Error: Alternate CD Upgrade from Edgy

[asdinnie]

Hi All

I have Edgy currently on my system.
Want to upgrade to Feisty using Alternate CD
Have installed gksu on my Edgy system.

Booted system using Alternate CD
The menu comes up giving me my Alternate CD options
I understand that I need to get to the command line to run:
gksu "sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade"

When I try to get to the Command Line option from the initial menu I get the error message:
"Trying to enable the frame buffer". Then the system hangs.

Qns:
Am I going in the right direction? I presume I cannot do the upgrade from a running Edgy session.

If so, how do I get past the above problem. My system boots up fine under Edgy and I can read the CD there.

Many thanks

Andy

[asdinnie]

Re: Error: Alternate CD Upgrade from Edgy

Hi All

I have also tried to test out my Alternate CD to see if its faulty, using the Check routine in the boot menu on the CD.

When I try this, I get the same error message as before: "Trying to enable the frame buffer...".

So I cannot get to a command line or anywhere else

Any ideas please. I am stumped.

Cheers

Andy

[kubicle]

Re: Error: Alternate CD Upgrade from Edgy

Am I going in the right direction? I presume I cannot do the upgrade from a running Edgy session.

You can perform the upgrade from a running edgy session (but in case the cd is faulty, it may not work).

To upgrade with the AlternateCD.

1. insert and mount the disk
2. add the cd as a repository (in the konsole):

sudo apt-cdrom add

3. update package lists

sudo apt-get update

4. dist-upgrade

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

5. cross your fingers and hope for the best :P
(as with all full upgrades, there may be some problems encountered during upgrade...if you run into problems, the following commands may be of help)

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

(again)

sudo dpkg --configure -a

(configure unconfigured packages)

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

(make sure everything is installed)

[asdinnie]

Re: Error: Alternate CD Upgrade from Edgy

Hi kubicle

Thanks for the info. I will try it out tomorrow eve (too late here now...).

BTW I did manage to test the CD out eventually, using

md5sum -c md5sum.txt | grep -v 'OK$'

.

Curiously I also tried doing the Upgrade using the "Failsafe" option under Edgy

gksu "sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade"

It spat up far too many errors to consider using it to do the actual upgrade...

Many thanks

Andy