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    Upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10

    I am about to upgrade to 7.10 from 7.04 but before I do I have a couple of questions.
    1. Should I or do I have to do anything with my video drivers? I used Envy to download and install the correct Nvidia drivers for my 7300GT 512mb card.

    2. How large is the upgrade in terms of MB's downloaded. I am on Satellite high speed internet but they have a not so fair "fair access policy" which limits my daily download to around 200MB and if you hit it you are worse off then dial up speed. They allow unlimited between 3am and 6am but who wants to stay up all night or get up at 3am. As far as I know there is no way to schedule this upgrade for specific time.

    Thanks for any help
    Dave
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    Re: Upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10

    It could well be rather a larger download than that 200MB figure you quoted.

    But you can schedule the download quite easily. Run the following command:

    Code:
    echo "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade -d" | sudo at 03:00
    the echo statement has the command to be executed. In this case, update the package lists, && if that succeeds then do a dist-upgrade, except download only, do not unpack or install. This is then 'piped' to the at command, which will execute it at the given time.

    Obviously you'll need to leave your computer on. You'll also need enough space in /var
    And you need to have edited your sources.list beforehand.

    If you want, in future you could set this as a cron job, so that you're updates are always downloaded when your access is unmetered.

    Note that I haven't been able to properly test this yet.
    I am running Ubuntu 8.10 (yes Gnome) with upgrades applied daily about 0900 UK time. Hardware is Dell Precision 420, 2x 800 MHz PIII, 512 MB RDRAM, nVidia GeForce 6800 128 MB AGP graphics, 18GB SCSI and 500GB IDE HDDs, DVD burner, Hauppage TV card.
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      Re: Upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10

      Thanks for the quick response. Are you presently running 7.10 and if so how has it been for stability? Should I upgrade or wait till bugs are ironed out of 8.04?

      I did try 8.04 but for some reason that I have not been able to determine it does not like me having 4GB of ram. Works great if I remove 2GB. 7.04 works ok with 4GB as does Windose XP
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        Re: Upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10

        The non-server kernel is not able to access RAM over 3GB (if I remember what I read some time back), and even then, the support for the extra RAM has to be compiled in the server kernel.

        If you have a stable 7.10 7.04 system, and you are happy with it, then upgrading should be carefully thoughtout. If 8.04 7.10 doesn't offer anything that isn't already in your 7.10 7.04, then I'd be asking "why?"

        If you do decide to upgrade, edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and replace all occurrences of gutsy feisty with hardy gutsy and then open Adept Manager and click on Fetch Updates. When it's finished, you should have the upgrade button available.
        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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          Re: Upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10

          Originally posted by Snowhog
          The non-server kernel is not able to access RAM over 3GB (if I remember what I read some time back), and even then, the support for the extra RAM has to be compiled in the server kernel.

          I am able to access about 3.5 GB in 7.04 (same in XP) The rest is used in address allocation.

          If you have a stable 7.10 system, and you are happy with it, then upgrading should be carefully thoughtout. If 8.04 doesn't offer anything that isn't already in your 7.10, then I'd be asking "why?"

          I am running 7.04 now but was considering 7.10 so I could use KDE4.

          If you do decide to upgrade, edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and replace all occurrences of gutsy with hardy and then open Adept Manager and click on Fetch Updates. When it's finished, you should have the upgrade button available.


          If I upgrade to 8.04 ( if I can figure out what is up with the 4GB issue) I'll do clean install from disc.
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            Re: Upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10

            32 bit OS and 4GB of memory from the LiveJournal Forum. So the question then is, are you running a 32-bit or 64-bit Kubuntu?
            Windows no longer obstructs my view.
            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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              Re: Upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10

              32 bit
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                Re: Upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10

                So let me get this right. If you have EXACTLY 4GB of memory, in order to use it all, and not have some of it 'blocked' by memory-mapped IO, you need the PAE kernel?
                I am running Ubuntu 8.10 (yes Gnome) with upgrades applied daily about 0900 UK time. Hardware is Dell Precision 420, 2x 800 MHz PIII, 512 MB RDRAM, nVidia GeForce 6800 128 MB AGP graphics, 18GB SCSI and 500GB IDE HDDs, DVD burner, Hauppage TV card.
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                  Re: Upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10

                  If you use a 32bit kernel - yes...
                  But keep in mind - that even if you use a 64Bit kernel - and have 32bit esxtension cards in your system - chances are that some memory will disappear ... as it will be requested by this expansion card to do DMA and similar ...
                  one of the old ones ...
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