http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/
You have to use the Alternate CD to perform an upgrade Edgy Eft Alternate http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/edgy/ubuntu-6.10-alternate-i386.iso gksu sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade You're probably best off to get a list of your currently installed software, back up /etc and /home and do a fresh install of hardy. I don't know if I could recommend upgrading to hardy, but a certainly can recommend backing up and doing a fresh install. I've got a script here that installs the medibuntu repo, google repo, apps that boost inter-system (windows) compatibility and a small number of other useful things: http://twdp.hobby-site.org/pub/ubuntu/media-ubuntu.sh AJ ONeal On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Rion D'Luz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greets to all: > > Well, for all the times I swore to revert back to slackware but held fast > to > 'buntu for its comprehensive driver-set and 'just works' ease of use, i now > find myself in a quandry (or maybe just uninformed and in the dark). > > My 'buntu experience started initially with dapper and i let a couple of > releases > pass before attempting to upgrade, only to find out that i had to go from > d->e to get to f(eisty) > So i up'd via the net to edgy (some months back); it went smooth enough, > but just barely. > There's been plenty of posts of others' bad experiences, so I've been > somewhat reluctant to up further, > and, to get up to h(ardy) discovered that i have to go from e->f->g. What > a PITA! > > Now, to add insult to injury, i discovered the other day that the entire > edgy archive has gone > missing. Kaput, vanished. I cant even do an 'apt-get update', which is > advised before doing any upgrades. > (and s/edgy/feisty/g in sources.list is NOT recommended). > Its as if fc5, or Cent4, was pulled from the RH shelves. What i find > strange in all this is that there > is no mention on the ubuntu website proper and no hits on google (where's > edgy). Yet > archive.ubuntu.com/dists/ contains dapper,feisty,gutsy,hardy - no edgy > > > So, a) with a hardy CD in hand, can i upgrade directly from edgy? and b) > does anyone have a hardy CD > that i can borrow? or Gutsy even? > > TIA > Rion > > -- > email: rion_at_dluz.com > web: http://dluz.com/Rion/ > AIM/Jabber/Google: riondluz > Phone: 802.644.2255 > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/126/769 > > Build a man a fire, he's warm for one night. Set him on fire, and he's warm > for the rest of his life. > >
