Ubuntu Question

[cbianco]

Is it possible to upgrade Ubuntu 7.04 to 9.* without burning a disk? Please be specific if you can. N00b here!

I have the new distro files (v.9.*) but I ran out of cds.

I'm having trouble finding info on the net regarding this specific issue.

Thanks in advance.

Christopher

[tony]

you should be able to do the upgrade over the network assuming the machine is online

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

this says you need to have v8.something but if you just keep doing the same process over and over after each reboot it should serve the same purpose

[cbianco]

Hey Tony...

I decided to install openSUSE (10.2) instead. I've had it burned to disk for a while, I just never used it. openSUSE seems a bit bloated, looking at a 40+ minutes for installation, lol. Figure I'll update over the network once I get it installed, thats if I can get connected to the net .

Christopher

[cbianco]

I was having trouble. A fresh install was in order^!

you should be able to do the upgrade over the network assuming the machine is online

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

this says you need to have v8.something but if you just keep doing the same process over and over after each reboot it should serve the same purpose

[tony]

Ubuntu will get you much better support

[GoneReefing]

Ubuntu has a great community. As for the upgrade you should be able to upgrade online from 7* to 9* but will require to do multiple upgrades. It is easier to backup, download the the latest and reinstall.

For the future if you do the install and create a separate /home on another partition, future upgrades won't affect your home directory so you won't have to copy over your backed up data every install.

Plus if you use a separate /home partition you can switch distros from ubuntu to suse to gentoo to whatever and not worry about your data (as long as you don't format /home )

[tony]

very good advice

welcome to maast gonereefing

[cbianco]

Ubuntu will get you much better support

It is easier to backup, download the the latest and reinstall.

Well...

openSUSE drive support sucked!!! I couldn't either the graphics or wlan drivers working.

So...

I downloaded a copy of UBUNTU 9.0 and used a blank DVD to burn a live cd. It turns out that UBUNTU supports all my drivers, go figure. I guess I should have stuck with it to begin with, lol.

You guys got any advice for a Linux beginner? I am Windows savy but am clueless right now, sink or swim right.

Christopher

[tony]

best way to learn it is to break it and have to fix it

[GoneReefing]

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/

http://ubuntuguide.org

^ two great sites beside the ubuntu forums of course

Been windows free since 2003 and not missing a second of it.