HOWTO : Dapper to Edgy

[incomingfire]

I wasn't able to find too much info on doing a Dapper to Edgy upgrade so I figured I'd compile it all in one spot.

http://linuxtravels.blogspot.com/index.html

Thanks,

I'll be trying to do a post a day.

EDIT: More to the point, this brings you to the first part of the upgrade guide.
http://linuxtravels.blogspot.com/2006/11/upgrade.html
Second part.
http://linuxtravels.blogspot.com/200...e-part-ii.html

[nixternal]

Re: HOWTO : Dapper to Edgy

I have always done my upgrades the "wrong" way, or the suggested "don't do it this way". I edit my /etc/apt/sources.list file and change dapper to edgy,

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

. That second one makes sure I got everything. Most of the time you don't have to do that.

WARNING:  If you have binary drivers (i.e., NVidia or ATI), used Automatix, Easy Ubuntu, or 3rd party Repositories, prepare to destroy your system. Well, you won't destroy it as it is fixable, just a pain in the arse to so.

I don't use any of those apps, drivers, or repos, so it is always smooth sailing for me. Usually nothing a LiveCD boot, Konsole, mount my root drive, chroot the drive, and then fix it that way either.

[incomingfire]

Re: HOWTO : Dapper to Edgy

While I have had okay experiences in the past with the "wrong" way of upgrading, for a majority of people they are going to have the binary drivers and 3rd party repositories. So guiding them through the way that for the person who has enough linux experience to add those things but not necessarily fix their system if something goes wrong during upgrade, to me is the preferable way of doing things.

[mastergunner]

Re: HOWTO : Dapper to Edgy

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