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On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:47:21 +0100 Martin Gautier wrote: > Grant Sewell wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I was brave. Yesterday I figured I'd upgrade my Ubuntu 8.04.2 > > laptop to 9.04. To do this the Ubuntu way, however, I had to first > > upgrade to 8.10. I have to say that with only 1 hiccup it seems to > > have gone fairly smoothly! > > > > On the upgrade from 8.04.2 to 8.10, the newest 8.10-supported > > kernel was installed, and this caused problems. However, the > > previous 8.10-supported kernel was also installed, and booting to > > this seemed to be fine. > > > > Upgrading from 8.10 to 9.04 was a breeze and happened without any > > hiccups. > > > > I'm still thinking that I'll re-Debianise it soon, but I was > > impressed with the upgrade process. > > > > Grant. > Nice to hear Grant, thanks. I have a 8.10 server which I've held off > upgrading as it's too critical to have to troubleshoot any problems > (don't fix what isn't broken). I have a 9.04 install in the wild > based on exactly the same kit. > > Perhaps I should be a little braver and just bite the bullet. > > Martin Maybe wait for 9.10 (the next "Long Term Support" version) to settle down and move to that? As you said, if it ain't broke... Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html