jlubey
January 25th, 2010, 11:01 PM
Hey all, i have a question about upgrading Ubuntu 9.1 32 bit to 64 bit. 32 bit is installed (triple booted :D ) and working fine, but i would like to upgrade to the 64 bit version.
Is there a way to do this without re-installing the entire operating system?
I downloaded the 64 bit version and i made a disk out of it. when i insert the disk (while booted in ubuntu) i get the message ¨A distribution volume with software packages has been detected¨ and i can choose from ¨start package manager¨ or ¨run upgrade.¨ when i pick upgrade, it starts to do its thing, but then fails with the message 'Unable to locate any package files, perhaps this is not a Ubuntu Disc or the wrong architecture?'. i booted from the disk and checked it, it says there are no problems with it.
am i doing something wrong/ is there another way to do this/ is it even possible to do this without re-installing ubuntu completely?
thanks for the help!!
Is there a way to do this without re-installing the entire operating system?
I downloaded the 64 bit version and i made a disk out of it. when i insert the disk (while booted in ubuntu) i get the message ¨A distribution volume with software packages has been detected¨ and i can choose from ¨start package manager¨ or ¨run upgrade.¨ when i pick upgrade, it starts to do its thing, but then fails with the message 'Unable to locate any package files, perhaps this is not a Ubuntu Disc or the wrong architecture?'. i booted from the disk and checked it, it says there are no problems with it.
am i doing something wrong/ is there another way to do this/ is it even possible to do this without re-installing ubuntu completely?
thanks for the help!!