upgrade 8.04 to 13.04

[Ric Moore]

On 09/15/2013 09:22 PM, Noah wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I am not a master at migrating ubuntu.  I am attempting to go from 8.04
> to 13.04 and i am remote to the server.
>
> Getting 404 to some of the links.
>
> I am following these directions:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades#Network_Upgrade_for_Ubuntu_Servers_.28Recommended.29

I think that is TOO huge a jump. Going from 8.04 to 13.04 you would be 
MUCH better served installing fresh. I would be willing to bet it will 
blow up, make you crazy and we would have endless threads trying to 
resolve the problems most have fought and forgotten long ago.

If you absolutely must, I suggest you upgrade to the next long-term 
stable release which would be 10.04 then 12.04, if I'm not mistaken. 
But, in any case, most dot-config files from 8.04 are probably too 
crufty to be reused in anything newer than 11.04. LTS to LTS is the 
rule, or incremental steps between with no jumping past versions.  My 
two cents, Ric
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes
"An upgrade is the process of going from an earlier version of Ubuntu to 
a newer version of Ubuntu with an installed system. An example of this 
would be going from Ubuntu 11.10 to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. To avoid damaging 
your running system, upgrading should only be done from one release to 
the next release (e.g. Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 12.10) or from one LTS 
release to the next (e.g. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS). If you 
wish to 'skip' a version, you can backup your data and do a fresh 
installation, or progressively upgrade to each successive version. For 
example, to upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to Ubuntu 12.10, first upgrade to 
12.04, then upgrade 12.04 to 12.10. "

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