Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS with MATE - can I use do-release-upgrade?

[Colin Law]

On Sun, 12 Mar 2023, 17:27 Chris Green, <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 02:57:26PM +0100, Bo Berglund wrote
> >
> > Are these safe to upgrade when connected over SSH?
>


>
> You'll get a warning that it's not so certain that it will work, but
> (if you go ahead anyway) it starts a second ssh server on a different
> port (if I remember right) so that you have a chance of sorting things
> out if the do-release-upgrade stops running for some reason.
>
> I have a headless server that I have upgraded several times with
> do-release-upgrade with no problems.
>
>

I think it is a good idea to use something like Screen when doing upgrades
so that you can reconnect if there is an issue with the connection.

Colin
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