I have found that the upgrade process is a hit and miss experience - for whatever OS or version. I did do an upgrade of edgy to feisty, and things went well, except it didn't clean up the user caused problems (and that's probably the right choice there). So I ended up blowing away the drive and doing a clean install.
I've also had hit and miss success with the standard Ubuntu install CD. Most boxes can run the LiveCD, but some have problems. I've never had a problem using the Alternate Install CD/ISO, as this is a text based (ncurses) install, and bypasses any video issues that get sorted out later when the repositories are updated. HTH. Shawn TekBudda wrote: > Well...I finally found a new hard for the IBM ThinkPad laptop I was given > from someone at work. I got the hard drive installed and it is > awesome...20GB of silent running sweetness. > > Then I said... great now I can finally have a portable Linux system to show > off to all my friends (both of them) adn wear my penguin colors proudly. So > I grabbed an Ubuntu disk I had sitting around (6.06); booted the system up > and the Live CD worked like a dream. I clicked the install icon on the > desktop and in less than an hour a working Linux box. > > Now I thought...hey...I have some time why don;t I try and up grade to 7.04 > instead of ordering a disk and waiting for it. So I downloaded the iso > overnight and burned a copy. Put the disk in the drive and booted up. It > comes to the proper screen but when I try and select any of the options it > looks like it is loading the Linux Kernal but stops and hangs at 3%. > > I thought...no problem I will try and install using the system tools, except > that I am not sure if I am going about this the right way. I found synaptic > package manger and added the cd-rom as a repository and added other > repositories as well. It looks like it might be downloading something but i > get a bunch of sources and packages that say hit or failed or done. I > assume the done ones mean those worked, but the other things I am not sure. > Does the failed mean that it can't find that repository or it failed in > downloading the package? Or something else completely? Also, when this all > finishes...how can I tell if I am running 7.04? > > If worse comes to worse I can always blow the drive away and start from > scratch with the 7.04 disk (assuming that it works), but I wold like to > learb the upgrading process as well. > > On a similar note...I was able to get some components and am building a > system for a friend at work. She is an overall tech nube and has troubles > with some of the basics even on windows. I told her if the syste i am > building had a windows key on I would load it for her because it is what she > is familiar with, but if not I would try a linux distro. It is for hoem and > she would only really be using internet, office & possibley graphics and > maybe eventually editing webpages. I was just going to load a bunch of open > source tools on a wndows box but I can't see a key so I it looks like it > might be linux. So now... what distro? Ubuntu? I have heard mint is good > (basically ubunutu with media support?). Any other suggestions? She is > mostly use to the WinXP box at work with Office 2003 and similar so I would > like to find something that would be a smooth transition for her. > > Any ideas welcome. > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
