[TriLUG] Upgrading to Fiesty

[Carl Crider]

i used the 7.04 ISO and fresh-installed my laptop. i backed up everything to

an external drive before hand. the install was flawless. going through the
"unofficial guide" was all i needed to do the rest of my tweaks.

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty



On 4/30/07, Scott Chilcote <scottchilcote at earthlink.net> 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.
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