I had forgotten about this post, but also wanted to give the veterines a chance to speak up first.
I have a laptop that I can only get Ubuntu 7.10 to install directly on, and I follow the upgrade roadmap myself with it: 7.10 -> 8.04: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/upgrade-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon-to-ubuntu-804-lts-hardy-heron-beta.html 8.04 -> 8.10: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/upgrade-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron-to-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibix.html 8.10 -> 9.04: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading The only problem I had with this method was when Amarok got upgraded from 1.4(ish?) to version 2, which had no podcast support and no simple way to downgrade at the time, pushing me to fire up iTunes and resubscribe to all my shows. I don't know if this is still a problem with Amarok, I haven't been inconvenienced enough by booting into windows just to sync my iPod enough yet to re-explore linux options. -- John D. Mort http://john.mort.net On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 17:10 -0400, rrloria wrote: >> Maybe someone can help me. >> >> I'm new to Linux and need some advice. >> >> I have an older laptop where someone installed Ubuntu 7.10 on. >> >> I tried it out and I like it. >> >> Now I want to upgrade from 7.10 to the latest Ubuntu 9.04. Then I found out >> on another website that I can't do that directly. I have to do a new >> install and if I install it on my hard drive where 7.10 is I will lose all >> my programs. >> >> A friend said he thinks there is a way that I can back up some files and >> folders on 7.10 that hold my programs to an external hard drive. Then he >> said I could do a new install of 9.04 on the internal hard drive, overwrite >> 7.10, then copy the saved files and folders from the external hard drive >> that has my program files and folders saved from 7.10 to the new 9.04 >> installation. >> >> How would I do this? >> >> What folders and files have to be backup and how do I reinstall them in in >> 9.04? >> >> Does that completely restore my old programs from 7.10 to 9.04? >> >> Are there any problems when you do this? >> >> Any advice you guys would have would be great. >> >> Please keep it simple since I'm just a beginner. >> >> If anyone has step-by-step instructions that would be helpful. >> >> -rr > Since no-one has answered you so far, I'll post this. Disclaimer: I'm a > novice level Linux user, not an expert like others in MHVLUG. I > multiboot Fedora and Ubuntu. I run Fedora over 95% of the time, so I'm > not too familiar with Ubuntu. > > One area where Ubuntu is way ahead of Fedora is with release upgrades. > To upgrade from Fedora n to Fedora n+1, a reinstall is recommended. A > release upgrade can be done through the Fedora package manager (Yum), > but it is discouraged. With Ubuntu, release upgrades from Ubuntu n to > Ubuntu n+1 are supported by the Ubuntu package manager, Apt. When > upgrading this way, your programs are preserved. > > In your case, you want to update from Ubuntu 7.10 to Ubuntu 9.04. You > want to preserve your programs. I suggest you investigate whether this > can be accomplished via release upgrades. Check if it is possible to do > a release upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04. Then from 8.04 to 8.10. Then from > 8.10 to 9.04. (You have to enable release upgrades in the update > manager.) >> _______________________________________________ >> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org >> http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium >> Sept 2 - Linux and HDTV >> Oct 7 - TBD >> Nov 4 - Google Wave > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Sept 2 - Linux and HDTV > Oct 7 - TBD > Nov 4 - Google Wave > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Sept 2 - Linux and HDTV Oct 7 - TBD Nov 4 - Google Wave
