root.kev
November 21st, 2011, 04:39 PM
Hi All,
I have recently been tasked with preparing the necessary steps to upgrade one of our older Ubuntu servers from its current 6.06LTS OS to 10.04 LTS. I know that in order to do this upgrade I need to go to version 8 then then to 10, but since both 6, and 8 are now EOL, I'm having a bit of difficulty getting it to upgrade. To prepare the upgrade I have done a P2V into an esxi vmserver.
I have modified my /etc/apt/sources.list to the folowing:
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 8.04.4 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20100121.3)]/ hardy main restricted
#EOL upgrade sources.list
#required
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse
#optional
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverseI have done an apt-get update and apt-get upgrade and now receive no needed updates for the packages that are installed.
The first thing that I tried was to do the cdrom upgrade. I tried mounting both the alternate CD and the normal server CD. When I do the sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade
I get an error at:
Calculating the changes
Could not calculate the upgrade
A unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
My /var/log/dist-update/apt.log states the following:
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating initscripts
Package initscripts has broken dep on sysvinit
Considering sysvinit 5102 as a solution to initscripts 106
Holding Back initscripts rather than change sysvinit
Try to Re-Instate initscripts
Done
Installing upstart as dep of system-services
Installing upstart-compat-sysv as dep of system-services
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating evms-ncurses
Package evms-ncurses has broken dep on evms
Considering evms 10001 as a solution to evms-ncurses -2
Removing evms-ncurses rather than change evms
Done
Installing tasksel as dep of ubuntu-minimal
Setting NOT as auto-installed (direct dep of pkg in APT::Never-MarkAuto-Section)
Installing tasksel-data as dep of tasksel
Installing util-linux-locales as dep of ubuntu-minimal
Setting NOT as auto-installed (direct dep of pkg in APT::Never-MarkAuto-Section)
Can't guess meta-package
Your system does not contain a ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop,
xubuntu-desktop or edubuntu-desktop package and it was not possible
to detect which version of Ubuntu you are running.
Please install one of the packages above first using synaptic or
apt-get before proceeding.
Since this is a server install, with the server install disk(s) I an unsure as to why it is looking for a desktop package.
The main.log says basically the same thing:
2011-11-21 10:08:30,941 DEBUG entry '# deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2011-11-21 10:08:30,941 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse'
2011-11-21 10:08:30,943 DEBUG entry '# deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2011-11-21 10:08:30,943 ERROR No valid mirror found
2011-11-21 10:08:35,884 DEBUG rewriteSourcesList()
2011-11-21 10:08:35,884 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe multiverse'
2011-11-21 10:08:35,887 DEBUG entry '# deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe multiverse' was disabled (unknown dist)
2011-11-21 10:08:35,887 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse'
2011-11-21 10:08:35,889 DEBUG entry '# deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse' was disabled (unknown dist)
2011-11-21 10:08:35,889 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse'
2011-11-21 10:08:35,891 DEBUG entry '# deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse' was disabled (unknown dist)
2011-11-21 10:08:35,900 DEBUG AptCdrom.add() called with '/cdrom'
2011-11-21 10:08:36,043 DEBUG AptCdrom.add() returned: 1
2011-11-21 10:08:36,045 DEBUG running doUpdate() (showErrors=True)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,045 DEBUG doUpdate() will not use the network because self.useNetwork==false
2011-11-21 10:08:36,474 DEBUG Installing 'system-services' (priority in required set 'required' but not scheduled for install)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,506 DEBUG Installing 'startup-tasks' (priority in required set 'required' but not scheduled for install)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,521 DEBUG Installing 'upstart-logd' (priority in required set 'required' but not scheduled for install)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,533 DEBUG Running KeepInstalledSection rules
2011-11-21 10:08:36,536 DEBUG Purging 'xorg-common' (Distro PostUpgradePurge rule)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,536 DEBUG Purging 'libgl1-mesa' (Distro PostUpgradePurge rule)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,536 DEBUG Purging 'ltsp-client' (Distro PostUpgradePurge rule)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,536 DEBUG Purging 'ltspfsd' (Distro PostUpgradePurge rule)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,536 DEBUG Purging 'python2.3' (Distro PostUpgradePurge rule)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,536 DEBUG running hardyQuirks handler
2011-11-21 10:08:36,536 DEBUG running _checkAndRemoveEvms
2011-11-21 10:08:36,643 DEBUG Kernel uname: '2.6.24-26-server'
2011-11-21 10:08:36,744 DEBUG none of the '['ubuntu-desktop', 'kubuntu-desktop', 'edubuntu-desktop', 'xubuntu-desktop', 'ubuntustudio-desktop', 'ichthux-desktop', 'mythbuntu-desktop', 'gobuntu-desktop']' meta-pkgs installed
2011-11-21 10:08:36,768 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'Can't upgrade required meta-packages'
If I just run a do-release-upgrade, it goes and gets the lucid.tar.gz file. Not the required version 8 edition. As well as failing as well:
Could not calculate the upgrade
An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade:
E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be
caused by held packages.
Has anyone tried to do this upgrade recently? If so, how did you get it to work? Thanks for any help!
I have recently been tasked with preparing the necessary steps to upgrade one of our older Ubuntu servers from its current 6.06LTS OS to 10.04 LTS. I know that in order to do this upgrade I need to go to version 8 then then to 10, but since both 6, and 8 are now EOL, I'm having a bit of difficulty getting it to upgrade. To prepare the upgrade I have done a P2V into an esxi vmserver.
I have modified my /etc/apt/sources.list to the folowing:
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 8.04.4 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20100121.3)]/ hardy main restricted
#EOL upgrade sources.list
#required
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse
#optional
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverseI have done an apt-get update and apt-get upgrade and now receive no needed updates for the packages that are installed.
The first thing that I tried was to do the cdrom upgrade. I tried mounting both the alternate CD and the normal server CD. When I do the sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade
I get an error at:
Calculating the changes
Could not calculate the upgrade
A unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
My /var/log/dist-update/apt.log states the following:
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating initscripts
Package initscripts has broken dep on sysvinit
Considering sysvinit 5102 as a solution to initscripts 106
Holding Back initscripts rather than change sysvinit
Try to Re-Instate initscripts
Done
Installing upstart as dep of system-services
Installing upstart-compat-sysv as dep of system-services
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating evms-ncurses
Package evms-ncurses has broken dep on evms
Considering evms 10001 as a solution to evms-ncurses -2
Removing evms-ncurses rather than change evms
Done
Installing tasksel as dep of ubuntu-minimal
Setting NOT as auto-installed (direct dep of pkg in APT::Never-MarkAuto-Section)
Installing tasksel-data as dep of tasksel
Installing util-linux-locales as dep of ubuntu-minimal
Setting NOT as auto-installed (direct dep of pkg in APT::Never-MarkAuto-Section)
Can't guess meta-package
Your system does not contain a ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop,
xubuntu-desktop or edubuntu-desktop package and it was not possible
to detect which version of Ubuntu you are running.
Please install one of the packages above first using synaptic or
apt-get before proceeding.
Since this is a server install, with the server install disk(s) I an unsure as to why it is looking for a desktop package.
The main.log says basically the same thing:
2011-11-21 10:08:30,941 DEBUG entry '# deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2011-11-21 10:08:30,941 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse'
2011-11-21 10:08:30,943 DEBUG entry '# deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse' was disabled (unknown mirror)
2011-11-21 10:08:30,943 ERROR No valid mirror found
2011-11-21 10:08:35,884 DEBUG rewriteSourcesList()
2011-11-21 10:08:35,884 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe multiverse'
2011-11-21 10:08:35,887 DEBUG entry '# deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe multiverse' was disabled (unknown dist)
2011-11-21 10:08:35,887 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse'
2011-11-21 10:08:35,889 DEBUG entry '# deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse' was disabled (unknown dist)
2011-11-21 10:08:35,889 DEBUG examining: 'deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse'
2011-11-21 10:08:35,891 DEBUG entry '# deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse' was disabled (unknown dist)
2011-11-21 10:08:35,900 DEBUG AptCdrom.add() called with '/cdrom'
2011-11-21 10:08:36,043 DEBUG AptCdrom.add() returned: 1
2011-11-21 10:08:36,045 DEBUG running doUpdate() (showErrors=True)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,045 DEBUG doUpdate() will not use the network because self.useNetwork==false
2011-11-21 10:08:36,474 DEBUG Installing 'system-services' (priority in required set 'required' but not scheduled for install)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,506 DEBUG Installing 'startup-tasks' (priority in required set 'required' but not scheduled for install)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,521 DEBUG Installing 'upstart-logd' (priority in required set 'required' but not scheduled for install)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,533 DEBUG Running KeepInstalledSection rules
2011-11-21 10:08:36,536 DEBUG Purging 'xorg-common' (Distro PostUpgradePurge rule)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,536 DEBUG Purging 'libgl1-mesa' (Distro PostUpgradePurge rule)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,536 DEBUG Purging 'ltsp-client' (Distro PostUpgradePurge rule)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,536 DEBUG Purging 'ltspfsd' (Distro PostUpgradePurge rule)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,536 DEBUG Purging 'python2.3' (Distro PostUpgradePurge rule)
2011-11-21 10:08:36,536 DEBUG running hardyQuirks handler
2011-11-21 10:08:36,536 DEBUG running _checkAndRemoveEvms
2011-11-21 10:08:36,643 DEBUG Kernel uname: '2.6.24-26-server'
2011-11-21 10:08:36,744 DEBUG none of the '['ubuntu-desktop', 'kubuntu-desktop', 'edubuntu-desktop', 'xubuntu-desktop', 'ubuntustudio-desktop', 'ichthux-desktop', 'mythbuntu-desktop', 'gobuntu-desktop']' meta-pkgs installed
2011-11-21 10:08:36,768 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'Can't upgrade required meta-packages'
If I just run a do-release-upgrade, it goes and gets the lucid.tar.gz file. Not the required version 8 edition. As well as failing as well:
Could not calculate the upgrade
An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade:
E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be
caused by held packages.
Has anyone tried to do this upgrade recently? If so, how did you get it to work? Thanks for any help!