Updating from 6.10?

[jonsem.phooey]

I have an older computer, which had only 128meg of RDRAM. I finally found some additional memory at a used computer store and I've since updated to 384meg.

As you may imagine, the improvement in performance was dramatic. So now, I'd like to finally do the "automatic update" from Edgy to either Feisty or Gutsy.

When I try to auto-update through ADEPT, I consistently get the following message:

Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...86/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)

I'm wondering if maybe Edgy is just not supported anymore.

I'm downloading the 7.10 "alternative install" iso as well

Does anybody know what's my best course of action from here? For that matter, is 384 meg enough for 7.10 (assuming I really don't care about the Beryl desktop)

I'll probably cross-post this to the "noob-forum" as well

Thanks in advance everybody.

[nilsA]

Re: Updating from 6.10?

For that matter, is 384 meg enough for 7.10 (assuming I really don't care about the Beryl desktop)

It's what I have on this - an old BE6 motherboard PIII / 500 mhZ If I don't try doing too many things at the same time, it's ok. (My main disk is on a good SCSI board, though, easing things for the processor a little.

The other thing - try commenting out the line

us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/edgy

(or something like that) in your sources.list

or you can try changing edgy to gutsy

[jonsem.phooey]

Re: Updating from 6.10?

For that matter, is 384 meg enough for 7.10 (assuming I really don't care about the Beryl desktop)

It's what I have on this - an old BE6 motherboard PIII / 500 mhZ If I don't try doing too many things at the same time, it's ok. (My main disk is on a good SCSI board, though, easing things for the processor a little.

The other thing - try commenting out the line

us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/edgy

(or something like that) in your sources.list

or you can try changing edgy to gutsy

Yea, I've discovered that if I comment out the universe/multiverse entries from the sources.list, it'll work. Meanwhile, I've downloaded the Gutsy "alternative install" iso.

Would I be better off going with that from this point?

[nilsA]

Re: Updating from 6.10?

If you don't mind starting from scratch - a new install is better. And if you keep the /hiome directory on a separate partition/disk, there are ways to retain your data and some settings, they say.

[Snowhog]

Re: Updating from 6.10?

Just keep in mind, that if you do decide to 'upgrade,' you can't upgrade directly to Gutsy from Edgy. Upgrade from Edgy to Feisty first - if upgrading is what you end up deciding to do. That done, and with preparation (read:read first, then read again and make notes) you can then upgrade to Gutsy. But, if you don't have a lot of customization done on your PC and want a 'clean' Gutsy, then doing a full installation (formatting the root partition and /home if you have a separate /home partition) is probably the best option.