From what I have seen the transition from 6.06 to 6.10 (dapper to
edgy) is the dodgy one.
init is different from one to the other, so don't expect to just switch repositories apt-get dist-upgrade and have done with it. if you've set up anything that will start on boot or execute at shutdown you'll need to make sure your scripts still work. Also if you've installed anything from universe or multiverse, expect it to break on the upgrade. My advice is copy off the user data (if you did the right thing it's mostly on a separate filesystem) run dpkg -l|grep ^ii|cut -d' ' -f3 > /media/usb_flash_drive/packages_file edit packages_file to remove packages that will be switching to a new version with the upgrade install edgy and then once you have your repository list straightened out, run apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade apt-get install $(< /media/usb_flash_drive/packages_file ) and let it download for a while set up your user data, and make sure any configurations in /etc/ are carried over. or updated to meet new conditions. Once you are done and you think you have it all set up, reboot and run your test scripts against any services that should be running, if something is broken, fix it and start this sentence over. And one more thing: Backups,!!!!,!!!1!! Backups!!!111!!!!!, Backups!!!!!!!!! (visualise Alan Cox giving it the full Monkeydance treatment) On 3/14/07, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Rob Hudson wrote: > Upgrade from 6.06 LTS to next LTS release? > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=290315 > > I didn't read the whole thread but Google showed me that. I can summarize the thread: "We're a bunch of fanboys too stupid to understand a simple question, let alone answer it." -- Bob Miller K<bob> [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
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