How can I upgrade ubuntu 8.04 to Jaunty from console?

[David Curtis]

On Sun, 10 May 2009 00:12:04 +0800
"Daniel.Li" <daniel_li at usish.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 13:00 -0300, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
> > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Daniel.Li <daniel_li at usish.com> wrote:
> > > Dear List,
> > >
> > > I have installed ubuntu 8.04 server edition, which doesn't have GUI
> > > interface.
> > > How can I upgrade ubuntu 8.04 to Jaunty from console?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Daniel
> > 
> > From:
> > 
> > http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading
> > 
> > ----
> > 
> > "Install update-manager-core if it is not already installed:
> > 
> >           sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
> > 
> > Launch the upgrade tool:
> > 
> >           sudo do-release-upgrade
> > 
> > Follow the on-screen instructions. "
> 
> It says "No new release found"  :( 

More than likely do-release-upgrade won't let you upgrade to a non-lts. But if I'm wrong; you will get this message at any time do-release-upgrade fails to hit the archive. Is your machine fully connected to the internet? Proxies? DNS issues? etc. Test your connection.
> 
> > 
> > ----
> > 
> > Although (according to that link) it seems possible to upgrade Kubuntu
> > from 8.04 to 9.04, I wonder if you will have to upgrate to 8.10 first
> > for the server edition.
> > 
> > Unless really needed, you should consider waiting for the next LTS
> > edition or performing an additional clean install on a new partition
> > to check for possible issues with 9.04 (before getting rid of your
> > current install) since 9.04 is not LTS and as it has just been
> > released it is still prone to bugs and issues (check the release info
> > at: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904 )
> > 
> -- 
> Daniel
> 
> 
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