Ok, so I'm only sort of a noob!

[LLenny84]

I have been running Dapper since some time last year as a dual boot on my win xp machine and I love it, although it's still not my primary boot as I'm still just dabbling, that being said, I'd like to upgrade to Gutsy and I realize I would have to do that by way of edgy, and feisty if I use adept. So that's what I went about doing. Unfortunately I've been havign some problems. Adept won't download the feisty upgrade and I'm not quite sure why. Would it just be easier to download the iso for gutsy? Is there any way of doing that and still keeping all of my settings? You'll probably want to know the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list file so here it is:

deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-356-pre-feisty-upgrade/ edgy main

deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe

Any help or suggestions would be great! Thanks.

[Snowhog]

Re: Ok, so I'm only sort of a noob!

I'll chime in. First, I'm running Feisty, and am holding off on going with Gutsy. But, I would agree with you, that downloading and burning the Gutsy .iso is probably best. You said that Dapper isn't your main OS, so I'll assume you don't have a lot of customization done on it? Did you at least set up the partitioning so you have a separate /home directory? That would make any upgrade 'easier.'

What are the specifics of your system? Desktop, laptop? CPU type and speed? Amount of RAM? Type(s) and number of HDDs? Network connection type? Modem (type/model), DSL Modem (type/model), Cable Modem (type/model)? Connected via Router? If yes, type (wired or wireless (or both)) and model. Video card (or chip) model/type? Monitor type (laptop or CRT/LCD)? Other peripherals: CDROM/DVDROM, external USB devices (HDDs, Floppy, printer, )

[marshallbanana]

Re: Ok, so I'm only sort of a noob!

By backing up /home you will make a copy of every file and setting you have (the settings are all stored in hiden files in /home). After that you can install gutsy from cd (definitely your best bet, upgrades often run into errors of some sort in my experience).

As showhog mentions, if you don't have one definitely look into a seperate /home partition while reinstalling, it makes future installs so much easier.

[Qqmike]

Re: Ok, so I'm only sort of a noob!

I'm with marshallbanana on this one -- best, easier to install Feisty or Gutsy, whichever you want, with the Desktop CD, fresh. To be safe, back up /home somewhere. You can, if you wish, clean that drive using GParted and start your Kubuntu partition(s) over from scratch -- just don't touch your Windows partition! Specifically, don't mess with Windows in GParted, and during installation of Kubuntu, make sure your Windows partition is not somehow marked for formatting!!!

[mchuskie]

Re: Ok, so I'm only sort of a noob!

You might also want to backup /etc, as system-wide configuration is stored there.