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ubrox
May 27th, 2011, 08:38 PM
I seem to be stuck in a limbo. I am trying to update my system from
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"

Admittedly, I havent kept this system up to date for a while. A couple of days ago, I started the update-manager and it did prompt me to upgrade to 10.04 LTS. I postponed it to take a backup.

Today I try the same and the CLI command doesnt even offer the upgrade any more.

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

So I fire up the update-manager, it does show me the upgrade but fails with the message

An upgrade from 'jaunty' to 'lucid' is not supported with this tool

I get the same message for sudo do-release-upgrade as well.

So how can I upgrade?
skeebs
May 27th, 2011, 08:57 PM
Have you been following my thread of "upgrading to latest version from 9.04"? I'm still doing it nut I'm now opting for a fresh installation. Have look there if not done so you may find some answers :)

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1767403
ubrox
May 27th, 2011, 09:57 PM
OK, I will try that. I am downloading the CD now
Hedgehog1
May 28th, 2011, 01:08 AM
If you have your data in a separate '/home' partition you can install 11.04 over your 9.x '/' (root) partition.

First, define your '/' (root) partition:

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7520/04allocdrivespace2.png

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/9673/05allocdrivespace3.png

Then define your '/home' partition:

IF YOU ARE DOING AN UPGRADE, DO NOT FORMAT THIS PARTITION!

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/6828/07allocdrivespace5.png

This separates your documents and 'stuff' from the system files and 'stuff' in the '/' partition.

The Hedge

:KS

p.s. To learn how to move your '/home' into it's own partition: SeparateHomePartition (http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome)
ubrox
May 28th, 2011, 03:58 AM
I did the CD upgrade to 9.10 and then to 10.04 LTS using the dist-upgrade / do-release-upgrade

It worked like a charm.

Thank you Skeebs
gavarchand
August 17th, 2011, 07:35 AM
I did the CD upgrade to 9.10 and then to 10.04 LTS using the dist-upgrade / do-release-upgrade

It worked like a charm.

Thank you Skeebs.
gavarchand
August 17th, 2011, 07:36 AM
Have you been following my thread of "upgrading to latest version from 9.04"? ??I'm still doing it nut I'm now opting for a fresh installation. Have look there if not done so you may find some answers :)

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1767403...
gavarchand
August 17th, 2011, 07:39 AM
I seem to be stuck in a limbo. I am trying to update my system from
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"

Admittedly, I havent kept this system up to date for a while. A couple of days ago, I started the update-manager and it did prompt me to upgrade to 10.04 LTS. I postponed it to take a backup.

Today I try the same and the CLI command doesnt even offer the upgrade any more.

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

So I fire up the update-manager, it does show me the upgrade but fails with the message

An upgrade from 'jaunty' to 'lucid' is not supported with this tool

I get the same message for sudo do-release-upgrade as well.

So how can I upgrade?...