[TriLUG] Upgrading to Fiesty

[Jason]

man, I thought yall said that Ubuntu could be upgraded without issues.. ;)

Jason


Scott Chilcote wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have two machines to upgrade from Dapper to Feisty, one notebook and 
> one desktop.
>
> From the installation advice I can find online, it looks like the best 
> approach would be to do a selective backup of stuff to keep, wipe the 
> / partitions, to a clean install on both machines, and 
> restore/configure/etc. until I get things back to what I want.  I've 
> done this a lot but it's always a PITA.  I'm good at forgetting a 
> handful of critical items and config details.
>
> The more attractive route would be to do an upgrade to edgy and 
> another upgrade to feisty, but what I've found online suggests this 
> has problems.  I've had my share of problematic upgrades, but if the 
> chance of it working is essentially zero I'll bite the bullet and do a 
> clean install.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1. What do those who have been through it recommend?  [I'll be happy 
> if there's a better approach I've overlooked]
>
> 2. Is the desktop ISO sufficient to upgrade desktop & notebook 
> systems, or should I grab the custom install ISO too?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Scott C.