no upgrade to 8.04 available

[abraxas334]

Hi there,
i would like to upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04 but for some reason when i go to the update manager i do not get the option to do so. I also tried it using the command line, but it just keeps telling me, that my system is up to date.
I also dl the iso and burned it onto cd but my cd drive will not recognise the cd. I don't really want to reinstall from scratch as my home and root are on the same partition and i have not enough hd space to backup my home.

Any ideas?
Thanks for the help

[Joeb454]

Did you do

gksudo update-manager -d

from a terminal?

If so let us know, and are you sure you are not already running 8.04

[abraxas334]

when i type:

gksudo update-manager -d

,
i get warning could not initiate debus.
And no I am still on gutys.
When i type

cat /etc/lsb-release

i get:
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu

DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10

DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy

DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"
so not sure what is happening

[tom56]

If I were you I'd wait a few days then try again - the servers are swamped at the moment anyway.

[abraxas334]

I know that the servers are swamped and its not about doing the update straight away i would just like to be able to have the option in the first place.

[ptcbus]

If you are upgrading using an alternate CD, then you need not go to the terminal and type commands. The CD should autorun and show you options for upgrading. See http://ptcbus.blogspot.com/2008/04/u...sy-gibbon.html

[StOoZ]

im yet to update, but I downloaded the alternate CD.
updating from a CD is more reliable from a web server which can "fall" etc...

[forestpixie]

Do ALt+F2 and paste this into the terminal

gksu "sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade"