On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 8:51 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:29:30 -0700 > Tony Rick <[email protected]> dijo: > > >Alternate install images (along with some install features like RAID > >support) were dropped for the 12.10 launch. There is a lot of chatter > >about it out there, and lot's o' disappointment. Canonical giveth and > >Canonical taketh away. > > The alternate images have been handy to me at the Clinic. On more than > one occasion someone has wanted to upgrade from whatever Ubuntu they > currently have to the latest. We don't have a lot of bandwidth at Free > Geek, but the Alternate images allow an upgrade from CD rather than > over the net connection. Are you telling me that the Alternate images > will be no longer? if so, how can I upgrade an existing Ubuntu without > a net connection? > > You can make a Live USB or Live DVD the alternates were removed to simplify things the current images will allow a offline upgrade from later versions without issue. I will have printed DVD's hopefully by Friday providing U.S. Customs doesn't sit on them on the East Coast. -- *Benjamin Kerensa* *http://benjaminkerensa.com* *"I am what I am because of who we all are" - Ubuntu* _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
