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prrawls
June 18th, 2008, 03:42 PM
Well I tried to do a;

sudo aptitude update

Today and it looks like all the edgy repositories have been taken offline. A not so gentle hint I guess that I need to upgrade my server installation to the newest distro.

I would like this upgrade to go as smoothly as humanly possible so if anyone could please direct me to a updated process for making this happen I would very grateful.

Thank you! :)

avtolle
June 18th, 2008, 03:48 PM
FWIW, I used the procedure found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FeistyUpgrades#head-e471fe0c514bab31d4fac24a8a8fde382e8c7aaf to begin the upgrade from 6.10 to 7.04, then followed a similar procedure to eventually get to 8.04 server. While it took a long time, it went smoothly.

EDIT: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes is the starting point, and I apologize for not posting this above. Basically, I clicked on the link for 6.10 to 7.04, and got the above link; then, once that was completed, clicked on the link for 7.04 to 7.10, went to that page, and.... well, you get the picture.

Otherwise, as I think you know, you could d/l the iso for 8.04 server, and do a fresh install which may or may not go smoothly. I thought the sequential upgrade was a better choice for me, but YMMV. Good luck.

prrawls
June 18th, 2008, 04:00 PM
Well since none of my respositories are working I can get the update manager installed :(

I get this on trying to install;

sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
python-apt python-central python-gnupginterface python-support
The following NEW packages will be installed:
python-apt python-central python-gnupginterface python-support
update-manager-core
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 233kB of archives.
After unpacking 1229kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
python-central python-apt python-support python-gnupginterface
update-manager-core
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main python-central 0.5.6ubuntu2
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/main python-apt 0.6.19ubuntu9.1
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main python-support 0.5.3ubuntu1
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main python-gnupginterface 0.3.2-9 [23.7kB]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com edgy-updates/main update-manager-core 0.56~edgy5
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
Fetched 23.7kB in 15s (1542B/s)
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-central/python-central_0.5.6ubuntu2_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-apt/python-apt_0.6.19ubuntu9.1_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/python-support/python-support_0.5.3ubuntu1_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/u/update-manager-core/update-manager-core_0.56~edgy5_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?


This is the kind of thing that I was worried about. Thanks again for the assistance.

Sef
June 18th, 2008, 04:04 PM
Otherwise, as I think you know, you could d/l the iso for 8.04 server, and do a fresh install which may or may not go smoothly. I thought the sequential upgrade was a better choice for me, but YMMV. Good luck.

A clean install is less problematic than an upgrade. Upgrades have more problems than a clean install.


This is the kind of thing that I was worried about. Thanks again for the assistance.

Do a clean install. You will have to set things up again as to how you had them, but Hardy Heron will be supported as a server for 5 years.

avtolle
June 18th, 2008, 04:07 PM
Sorry that you ran into the problems you posted. It likely went better for me as I did the upgrade very soon after 8.04 was released.

Sef is right with his advice, and, given where you are at, it seems a fresh install is your easiest option right now. Good luck.

prrawls
June 18th, 2008, 04:22 PM
A clean install is less problematic than an upgrade. Upgrades have more problems than a clean install.



Do a clean install. You will have to set things up again as to how you had them, but Hardy Heron will be supported as a server for 5 years.

The only reason I prob won't do a clean install is that the machine is a VM - easy for me to roll back if things go south on me.

Plus the knowing how to for me anyway is always a better option.

If anyine out there could let me know which repositories I should point at would be very helpful to get through the upgrade process.

Thanks again folks.

avtolle
June 18th, 2008, 04:44 PM
Just a thought, and I know that this is NOT a method that is "approved". Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list by replacing every occurrence of edgy with feisty. Then, after that is done, run
sudo apt-get update and, if no errors occur, do
sudo apt-get upgradeto get upgraded. Once this is done, then I'd do the suggested method to move from feisty to gutsy. This is at your own risk, as always, and I've not done it myself, but have read posts from others for whom it has worked.

avtolle
June 18th, 2008, 04:56 PM
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FeistyUpgradesManual for some other information on upgrading "manually" that may be of some help to you.