On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:57 AM, ashish makani <ashish.mak...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi folks > On one of my university machines, we have an older Ubuntu version 8.04 LTS > I want to upgrade to the latest 10.04 release(lucid lynx). > I think i have 2 options > 1. Using the update manager > Is there a way to upgrade directly to 10.04 using Upgrade manager ? > When i run Update manager, it shows release 8.10 is available. > Do I have to upgrade, release by release, > 8.04 ==> 8.10, > 8.10 ==> 9.04 > 9.04 ==> 9.10, > & then 9.10 ==> 10.04
This is ridiculous!!! Don't every try that in your vaguest imaginations/dreams. :P I feel this is how you go about it (I donno if it works) Open "Software Sources" --> Go to "Updates tab" --> at bottom you can see show distribution release and select "Long term support release" over "Normal release" And try Alt+F2 "update-manager -d" > 2. Installing from CD ? > The other option that i thought of is, burning the 10.04 iso on a cd/dvd , & > try to install from cd. > Safer allways than network upgrade > I am kind of a linux/ubuntu n00b & want to upgrade to 10.04 fast, with as > little effort as possible :) never feel so... > Which one do you experience Ubuntu hackers recommend ? > Are there other better ways ? > Advice/Links/Suggestions/Comments welcome > Best, > ashish > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in