Downloading Ubuntu Through Torrents

**Artificial Intelligence** · April 24th, 2008

Originally Posted by albertbertal8

Wait, you guys gave me two different torrents. Should I use the alternate one or the other one?

Depends... The Desktop one is with bling-bling installation guide and LiveCD. The alternate is for if people have trouble with the Desktop/live CD. The alternate comes with an easy-of-use text installer. Alternate can be used to upgrade already existing Ubuntu.

**albertbertal8** · April 24th, 2008

Alright, thanks guys.

**ptcbus** · April 25th, 2008

I upgraded and used alternate setup torrent. I have listed the steps I followed here: http://ptcbus.wordpress.com/2008/06/...4-hardy-heron/

**Endolith** · April 25th, 2008

Originally Posted by macogw

Burning's not really necessary. You can mount the iso.

You're gonna have to explain how. Simply saying "you can mount it" doesn't help most people. Is there an application for this or do you have to dig into virtual file systems?

...

This was not as easy as I thought, but I got the upgrader working:

1. Download the alternate install ISO file through the .torrent file on http://releases.ubuntu.com/
2. mount using a command like

Code:

sudo mount -o loop ~/Desktop/ubuntu-8.04-alternate-i386.iso /media/cdrom0

3. start the upgrader with the command

Code:

sudo /media/cdrom/cdromupgrade

It did not work from any location other than the /media/cdrom/ link.

And on release days, you probably want to click "no" when it asks about downloading the latest upgrades from the Internet, since the servers are so bogged down it will have to abort the upgrade process and you'll have to start all over again. You can always get them later.

**-Phi-** · April 25th, 2008

Originally Posted by Endolith

It will not work from any location other than the /media/cdrom/ link.

I mounted the .iso using a Thunar script and the upgrade worked fine for me from /mnt/xubuntu-8.04-alternate-i386.iso by hitting Alt+F2 and running

Code:

gksu "sh /mnt/xubuntu-8.04-alternate-i386.iso/cdromupgrade"

Which was a variation on what the Hardy Upgrade page suggested.

- Phi

**d_rwin** · August 29th, 2009

Originally Posted by Endolith

You're gonna have to explain how. Simply saying "you can mount it" doesn't help most people. Is there an application for this or do you have to dig into virtual file systems?

...

This was not as easy as I thought, but I got the upgrader working:

1. Download the alternate install ISO file through the .torrent file on http://releases.ubuntu.com/
2. mount using a command like

Code:

sudo mount -o loop ~/Desktop/ubuntu-8.04-alternate-i386.iso /media/cdrom0

3. start the upgrader with the command

Code:

sudo /media/cdrom/cdromupgrade

It did not work from any location other than the /media/cdrom/ link.

And on release days, you probably want to click "no" when it asks about downloading the latest upgrades from the Internet, since the servers are so bogged down it will have to abort the upgrade process and you'll have to start all over again. You can always get them later.

Upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04
Better option with Network Upgrade from terminal, just for slow network connections and torrent limiting ISP

Steps::

Code:

$sudo vim -v /etc/apt/sources.list

change non commented lines: ['us'.archive]&[security]->[old-releases].ubuntu.com

Code:

$sudo apt-get update

Code:

$sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

better than upgrade(less bandwith)

Note: revert [old-releases]->[us.archive]&[security].ubuntu.com before do-release-upgrade. check [security] for gutsy-security

now You have a perfect upgraded PC check it::

Code:

$lsb_release -a

you will have 7.10(gutsy)

Now release upgrade::
Note:: do-release upgrade before changing to original(us.archive) and allowing it to modify sources.list will corrupt your distro. do-release-upgrade changes the [gutsy] to [hardy]

Code: