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On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:44:58 +0100 Martin Gautier wrote: > > Grant Sewell wrote: > > 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. > > > > > Maybe. Not sure if I'd need to go to 9.04 before 9.10 first though... > I'll have to look into it... I was wondering that too... would it be necessary to upgrade to each intermediary version or would 8.04.x LTS support upgrading directly to 9.10.x LTS. Interesting... 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