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johndingli
February 10th, 2010, 03:48 PM
Hi guys I bought an asus netbook eeepc and has ubuntu 8.10 installed how can i upgrade to ubuntu 9.10 as there is no optical drive or can I upgrade by online thanks
snowpine
February 10th, 2010, 03:52 PM
I would recommend a fresh reinstall of Ubuntu 9.10 using a USB thumb drive instead of a CD: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick

Make sure you thoroughly research and test your specific eee model to feel confident that 9.10 will, indeed, support all of your hardware.

Good luck!
patchwork
February 10th, 2010, 03:53 PM
Without doing a fresh install, it's going to take awhile as you will need to apply every update and every distribution upgrade to become current, and it's always good to backup everything you need to keep before starting (some people have had trouble with corruption on dist-upgrades, and prefer clean installs)

If you're ready for that,


sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Once that completes,

sudo apt-get dist-upgradeAnd repeat these steps until you have 9.10 installed.

Edit: Yeah, I think I'd try snowpine's method first...
wojox
February 10th, 2010, 03:53 PM
Is usb an option?
wojox
February 10th, 2010, 03:55 PM
Like snowpine stated. You want a fresh install and not an upgrade.
johndingli
February 10th, 2010, 03:58 PM
Im not sure if it has a usb option in bios it says removable device can that be usb im mixed up now thanks guys
snowpine
February 10th, 2010, 04:03 PM
All models of eee are capable of booting from USB. Read the link in post #2 or use Unetbootin (http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net).
johndingli
February 10th, 2010, 04:54 PM
Hi guys I made a bootable pendrive and the eeepc still wont boot from it tried it on an acer netbook and boots like a dream on it any help pls
patchwork
February 10th, 2010, 04:56 PM
Did you set the boot order in BIOS for the USB to boot before the HDD?
snowpine
February 10th, 2010, 04:58 PM
It's got to be something in your BIOS settings. Look for some kind of "quick boot" or "boot booster" that you can turn off maybe?
johndingli
February 10th, 2010, 05:02 PM
disabled quick boot but still didnt boot from pendrive the first boot is removable dev
snowpine
February 10th, 2010, 05:04 PM
Does it show up as a hard drive?
johndingli
February 10th, 2010, 05:12 PM
In bios 1st boot is removable dev 2nd boot is hdd 3rd boot is disabled thanks