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fade2gray
March 2nd, 2010, 05:07 PM
The guide gives me the impression that the alternate DVD is only suitable for upgrading the desktop edition.


Burn the ISO to a CD and insert it into the CD-ROM drive of the computer to be upgraded.

* If the ISO file is on the computer to be upgraded, you could avoid wasting a CD by mounting the ISO as a drive with a command like:


sudo mount -o loop ~/Dektsop/ubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso /media/cdrom0
Sef
March 2nd, 2010, 06:35 PM
/Desktop is the location of where the file is located.
fade2gray
March 2nd, 2010, 08:44 PM
/Desktop is the location of where the file is located.

Yes, I appreciate that, but...

"Network Upgrade for Kubuntu Desktops (Recommended)"... no abiguity.

"Network Upgrade for Ubuntu Servers (Recommended)"... no abiguity.

"Upgrading Using the Alternate CD/DVD"... followed with a reference to a Desktop directory made me feel a little unsure as I wouldn't expect to find a desktop directory in a server installation, hence the original question, "Can I upgrade server edtion using alternate DVD?".
wojox
March 2nd, 2010, 08:53 PM
So if it's in your /home/<username>/ directory just use:


sudo mount -o loop ~/ubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso /media/cdrom0

What version are you upgrading from ?
fade2gray
March 2nd, 2010, 09:22 PM
What version are you upgrading from ?

8.04 to 9.10 with the appropriate steps in between.
wojox
March 2nd, 2010, 10:05 PM
Cant you just upgrade like this:


sudo apt-get install update-manager-core


sudo do-release-upgrade

That's how I've upgraded my servers.
fade2gray
March 3rd, 2010, 08:43 PM
Cant you just upgrade like this:


sudo apt-get install update-manager-core


sudo do-release-upgrade

That's how I've upgraded my servers.
I agree that seems to be the easy option, but having read this (http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-8.04-to-ubuntu-8.10-desktop-and-server) 'how to'...


Fetching and installing the upgrade can take several hours.
Once the download has finished, the process cannot be cancelled.

and that's just 8.04 to 8.10, I thought it might be me more efficient and less time consuming to upgrade via torrent images.