Hello and thanks for your responses. @ Jean-Baptiste Lallement: It didn't work. However we now possibly have a different error.
/var/log/dist-upgrade# grep -i error * main.log:2008-12-09 12:14:14,645 DEBUG svg pixbuf loader failed (Error displaying image) main.log:2008-12-09 12:14:19,428 DEBUG running doUpdate() (showErrors=False) main.log:2008-12-09 12:14:28,493 DEBUG running doUpdate() (showErrors=True) main.log:2008-12-09 12:16:43,846 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'A essential package would have to be removed' Some relevant lines from main.log: 2008-12-09 12:16:15,498 DEBUG Marking 'ubuntu-desktop' for upgrade 2008-12-09 12:16:15,509 DEBUG Marking 'kubuntu-desktop' for upgrade 2008-12-09 12:16:16,503 DEBUG metapkg 'ubuntu-desktop' installed but markedDelete 2008-12-09 12:16:16,504 DEBUG metapkg 'ubuntu-desktop' installed but markedDelete 2008-12-09 12:16:16,535 DEBUG The package 'ubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it's in the removal blacklist 2008-12-09 12:16:43,846 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'A essential package would have to be removed' Some historical context that may be useful. This was a clean Ubuntu 8.04 install and the kubuntu-desktop part was later added via the Internet. Now, I'm trying to offline upgrade using the kubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso (from the HD itself mounted using the loopback option) The logs are attached. @ JonCharge: I'm not sure what you mean. Are you asking about the hard disk partitions? If so, here is the relevant output of df -h: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/vg1-root 12G 5.2G 6.2G 46% / /mnt/vbox/down/kubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso 696M 696M 0 100% /media/cdrom0 Anything else? ** Attachment added: "dist-upgrade.tgz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20317017/dist-upgrade.tgz -- Offline upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10 fails (using kubuntu 8.10 alternate iso) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306287 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs