Comments on: Upgrade Ubuntu Server 6.10 (Edgy Eft) to 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)

By: davekk

davekk — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:26:40 +0000

This screwed up my ubuntu install too. After 1 1/2 years of no reboot I thought I better upgrade, followed this tutorial and it never loaded again (yes I did a reboot before the upgrade)

By: awe_cz

awe_cz — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:17:24 +0000

I have different experience compared to Cybertoast’s. Just upgraded two servers, everything went as expected.

Thanks.

By: Cybertoast

Cybertoast — Thu, 03 May 2007 22:17:28 +0000

Salman,
I tried to do just that, and managed to completely hose my machine. What I tried was to download the 7.04 alternate CD, then apt-cdrom, and run the update from there. Things seemed to work fine for a while, but ultimately the system completely froze. I had to wipe the drive and re-install (maybe there was a better solution?).
I should state that the 6.10 system I started with had both Ubuntu and KUbuntu on it (I was using superkaramba). So it’s very possible that a straight Ubuntu install might have upgraded easier.

By: Salman

Salman — Tue, 01 May 2007 16:40:33 +0000

Is there a way to upgrade using a CD? The machine running 6.10 server is behind a dialup connection so upgrading through apt is not an option - however at work I can easily download a 7.04 server torrent and create a CD.