[Tfug] Ubuntu 7.04 upgrade failure

[John Karns]

I've gotten it to ver 7.10 for the most part, but am running short on
space with a minimal (30MB) boot partition, which I think I'll try to
expand via npartedit, or one of its ilk, so the post DL configuration
process is still not complete.  Meantime I'm still booting off an
older kernel.

The sources.list that enabled me to get the Feisty fully updated
before the upgrade was:

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main
restricted universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-security main
restricted universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main
restricted universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports
main/debian-installer
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main
restricted universe multiverse

Restoring sources.list to the Feisty version, replacing "feisty" with
"gutsy", and running "apt-get dist-upgrade" DLed and installed the
7.10 packages.

Getting it to point to an 7.10-alternate iso which I had on hand,
though, required a couple of more steps, which I could describe when I
have a bit more time.

-- 
John





On 3/18/09, Tom Rini <trini at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 04:17:20PM -0700, John Karns wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Tom Rini <trini at kernel.crashing.org>
>> wrote:
>> > Ah, I see what you're up to now, OK.  So it goes something like this:
>>
>> > - Edit /etc/apt/sources.list, change all 'feisty' to 'gutsy' (codenames
>> >  for 7.04 and 7.10, respectively)
>> > - apt-get update
>> > - apt-get dist-upgrade (apt-get -d dist-upgrade if you just want to
>> >  download everything and then kick the upgrade when you can babysit).
>> >
>> > And deal with any fall-out.  Depending on what packages you have
>> > installed, you might or might not have to do some manual "apt-get remove
>> > package-A, apt-get -f install, apt-get dist-upgrade" repeat until done
>> > then "apt-get install package-A".  Repeat with hardy / intrepid if
>> > desired.
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your input, Tim!  What I ended up doing was
>> commenting out all entries in sources.list, and pointing to
>>
>> http://old-releases.ubuntu.com
>>
>> instead of us.archive.ubuntu.com, as it was since the original
>> installation.  Since there are no 7.04 pkg files to be found there any
>> longer, the update process was terminating with an error.
>> Pkg files are DL'ing as I write.
>
> Well wait, what are you trying to do?  Upgrade to 7.10 or just have an
> up to date 7.04?
>
> --
> Tom Rini
>
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