Don, Thanks! This was better than my method of re-editing the sources list on the fly just after the computer modified it to comment out talc.
Scott On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 01:38:14PM -0500, Donald J Bindner wrote: > The recommended method of upgrading Ubuntu disables 3rd party > repositories during the install. That means if you are running > Hardy and wish to upgrade to Intrepid, you will not get the > (speed) advantage of our local repository talc.truman.edu. > > I experimented a bit and found a way to use talc without > foregoing the standard Ubuntu upgrade tool. The key is to > download as many of the packages that you will need before > upgrading, so they are already on your computer and ready to go. > > Steps: > > 1. edit your /etc/apt/sources.list (which presumably already has > lines for talc.truman.edu in it) and replace all of the instances > of "hardy" with "intrepid" > > 2. Use apt-get to get the new packages. > > # apt-get update > # apt-get --download-only dist-upgrade > > Notice the "--download-only". You need this, or apt-get will > attempt to force through the upgrade, and that is not the > recommended method. > > 3. Run the Ubuntu upgrade tool > # update-manager -d > > 4. Do NOT choose the "Partial upgrade" option if it is presented > to you. Look for the "Upgrade" button at the top next to the > notice "New distribution release '8.10' is available" and click > that. > > The upgrade tool will still disable 3rd party repositories, but > all of the files you downloaded in step 2 will already be on the > hard drive and ready to go. On my computer, that was about 1500 > of 1700 files. It took only 10 minutes or so to get the > remaining 200 small files versus the hours I might have waited > and the bandwidth I would have used to get them all from the > standard (off-campus) repositories. > > Installing all of the files is on track to take an hour or so > still, but everything seems to be going smoothly. > > Don > > -- > Don Bindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with Subject: unsubscribe > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Scott Thatcher Associate Professor of Mathematics Truman State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -----------------------------------------------------------------
