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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
