Dell mini 8.04 -> 9.04 upgrade

[michael37]

I noticed that Ubuntu 9.04 is now available in the dell mini lpia flavor from canonical site: http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com/updates/dists/jaunty-dell-mini/

Does anyone know how to upgrade from 8.04 to 9.04? Update-manager (incl. -d) is not helping.

Given that I have Dell Mini 12 with GMA 500 video, I got to stay lpia.

[wangnk]

No official way for Dell image from 8.04 to 9.04. But you can install UNR 9.04 on Dell mini 9 and 10v system...just losing some Dell special application.

BTW, UNR 9.04 may not support Dell mini10 and mini 12 which are lack of GMA500 driver on Jaunty.

[michael37]

No official way for Dell image from 8.04 to 9.04. But you can install UNR 9.04 on Dell mini 9 and 10v system...just losing some Dell special application.

AFAIK, UNR would wipe my disk. Is there a way to upgrade rather than a clean install?


BTW, UNR 9.04 may not support Dell mini10 and mini 12 which are lack of GMA500 driver on Jaunty.
Yeah, I am well familiar with the good work by ubuntu-mobile PPA team. Looks like they really made it possible to use Jaunty UNR on GMA500. I wonder if there are compatibility issues between their PPA and Dell-Canonical version of 9.04.

[jwaclawsky]

I have a Dell Mini 9 which I got with 8.04. I left the Dell Ubuntu distribution and just used Ubuntu 9.04. I copied and backed up my email client and browser bookmarks etc. by copying my .mozillia and .mozilla-thunderbird directories and document, pictures and music directories and just did a clean install and 9.04 is much better than 8.04 and the Dell mods. I recommend 9.04. I also found Dell wasn't any help if you had any Ubuntu issues (pretty clueless). In my case I wanted to move away from the crappy maximus program that Dell included in 8.04.

[Greyed]

AFAIK, UNR would wipe my disk. Is there a way to upgrade rather than a clean install?

It doesn't. It gives the option of repartitioning the disc which includes shrinking the existing install. I went through the UNR install a few weeks ago. I've got Dell's 8.04 and UNR 9.04 on my 10v.

Yeah, I am well familiar with the good work by ubuntu-mobile PPA team. Looks like they really made it possible to use Jaunty UNR on GMA500. I wonder if there are compatibility issues between their PPA and Dell-Canonical version of 9.04.

With the above said, and even with this, I would not recommend UNR 9.04. I decided tonight to give up on it for several reasons. Usability just declines from a decent experience to one with little annoyances. What I gained in no way offset those annoyances. I'd love to get a 9.04 update from Dell, one which is as solid and smooth as their 8.04 release.

[michael37]

Which Dell 9.04 are you talking about? Is it 9.04 i386 that is provided by linux.dell.com or 9.04 lpia that is posted on canonical.com (http://dell-mini.archive.canonical.com/updates/dists/)?

[michael37]

Btw, I just upgraded my Dell Mini 12 (shipped with Dell-Canonical 8.04) to Canonical 9.04 lpia. Upgraded as in sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, and not reinstall.

Took me half a day with a little bit of frustration, but it's been working charmingly well for the past several hours. Stability is excellent so far.

Anyone interested?

[Greyed]

Well, given that these forums are archived and easily searchable I'm sure someone, sometime, will be interested. :P

[michael37]

Well, given that these forums are archived and easily searchable I'm sure someone, sometime, will be interested. :P

Umm, that may be a problem. I can assure you that the chances of an upgrade working for an expert user is about 75%; the chance of the upgrade working for an average user is about 25%. Posting this info online is inviting someone to mess up their ubuntu beyond repair :)