Installing from CD

[Ignazio Palmisano]

gabrielle harrison and Paul van den Bergen wrote:
> what is odd is that it seems to be downloading most of the stuff from 
> the net not the cd...

Maybe that depends on your sources.list file? I tried to update from the 
cdrom in the following way:

apt-cdrom add

then disabled each line apart from the newly added cdrom line
and just ran a complete update from Synaptic. It worked nicely apart 
from the fact that synaptic (and adept and aptitude) found the package 
database locked on the next restart :-) but that was probably due to a 
corrupted image...
HTH,
Ignazio

> 
> On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:06:25 +1000, Tez <binary_y2k2 at blueyonder.co.uk> 
> wrote:
> 
>> gabrielle harrison and Paul van den Bergen wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm wondering why there is no clear upgrade from previous installation
>>> option on the CD?
>>>
>>> I tried to install from the CD last night... *shudder*. Granted it was
>>> too late at night and there was substantial
>>> PEBKAC.  My main problem was assuming the upgrade path would be
>>> obvious, but every path seemed to want to either ignore the CD or
>>> write over the existing system.
>>>
>>> When I finally gave up and RTFM - well, googled for upgrade from CD -
>>> try it and see how long it takes to find the right page - I still
>>> couldn't make sense of the instructions...
>>>
>>> It's OK now.. I wisely abandoned the machine over night. Now I can see
>>> what is required.
>>>
>>> Still, it seems awfully awkward way to do an upgrade...
>>>
>>> Heres what it looks like from my point of view.
>>> 1) decide to wait for the CD in the mail because you have dialup
>>> 2) work out how to back up your system - don't ask.
>>> 3) try and install by booting from the CD - no (obvious) upgrade option
>>> 4) try upgrading from the Update Manager - fine, but ignores the CD.
>>> 5) search for the method on the ubuntu site - kinda lost for a
>>> while... then it turns out all I really need to do is add the CD using
>>> apt-cdrom add....
>>>
>>> so the question is, if the only additional step to upgrading using the
>>> CD is that one action, why was it not paert of the standard CD install
>>> options?
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, I know I'm whining... but I'm acting like a windows user for the
>>> sake of making a point...
>>>
>>>
>>> --Dr Paul van den Bergen
>>>
>> Because that is the install cd, the only reason your supposed to boot
>> from it is when you want to install ubuntu.
>> If you just want to update you should just add the CD to the sources
>> "apt-cdrom add" and that is documented in the help and wiki,
>> but, yeah, there could be some info on the CD installer about upgrading
>> as now the install CD is the LiveCD, some/most people will want to use
>> the LiveCD to preview Dapper. Maybe something to consider for Edgy 
>> (6.10)?
>>
>> Tez
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Ignazio Palmisano
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