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sookun
January 27th, 2009, 05:38 PM
hi there,
i messed up the upgrade of 8.04 to 8.10 lately had to use my 7.10 to reinstall ubuntu on me ACER 5573Z,
Using Update manager im getting on the upgrade of 8.04, what i want is to upgrade directly to 8.10.

PS: i cant wait for the CD
and i wouldnt have asked if i had to download to CD for 8.10

;-)

OrangeCrate
January 27th, 2009, 05:46 PM
hi there,
i messed up the upgrade of 8.04 to 8.10 lately had to use my 7.10 to reinstall ubuntu on me ACER 5573Z,
Using Update manager im getting on the upgrade of 8.04, what i want is to upgrade directly to 8.10.

PS: i cant wait for the CD
and i wouldnt have asked if i had to download to CD for 8.10

;-)

I hope I've understood your question correctly...

I just installed Ubuntu 7.10 for a friend a couple of days ago (he didn't have a blank disk, and I didn't have a newer Live CD with me), and then updated through 8.04 to 8.10, and everything went fine.

Just skip all of the individual updates, and go directly for the distribution upgrades in both cases, and remember to change the "Release upgrade" to "normal" rather than "Long term support only" in Software Sources in 8.04, so that it shows the distribution upgrade to 8.10.

Good luck.

:)

snowpine
January 27th, 2009, 05:51 PM
You must upgrade to 8.04 first, then 8.10.

Alternately, back everything up and do a fresh install of 8.10.

sookun
January 27th, 2009, 06:01 PM
the reason why i was asking was bcos i have an 30kb/s internet connection and hours to wait before i get updated, alternatively do u think i can live without 8.10 or is it a must?
but i guess ill upgrade anyways..lol
thkss dudes!!

theozzlives
January 27th, 2009, 06:06 PM
the reason why i was asking was bcos i have an 30kb/s internet connection and hours to wait before i get updated, alternatively do u think i can live without 8.10 or is it a must?
but i guess ill upgrade anyways..lol
thkss dudes!!

7.10 is a good version for now, but you can't skip upgrades.

snowpine
January 27th, 2009, 06:11 PM
7.10 is supported through April. You can request an 8.10 CD from the Ubuntu website, and they will ship it to you for free. :)