3 ways to upgrade your ubuntu from 8.04 to 8.10
Posted on November 16, 2008
This guide will give you a step by step instruction to upgrade your ubuntu from version 8.04 to version 8.10
Upgrade ubuntu from 8.04 to 8.10 using update manager
1.Select System–Administration–Software Sources
2.Open the “Updates” tab and change “Show new distribution release” to “Normal releases“,then click “Close”
3.Select System–Administration–Update Manager
4.Click the Check button to check for new updates.
5.If there are any updates, click the Install Updates button to install them, and press Check again after that is complete.(After that the system may require you to reboot your computer)
6.After reboot,Select System–Administration–Update Manager ,you will see
7.Click Upgrade
8.Follow the on-screen instructions.
Upgrade your ubuntu from 8.04 to 8.10 in command line
1.Edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set
Prompt=normal
2.Launch the upgrade tool by type command:
sudo do-release-upgrade3.Follow the on-screen instructions.
Upgrade your ubuntu from 8.04 to 8.10 using ubuntu CD/DVD
1.Download the alternate installation CD from Ubuntu
2.Burn the ISO to a CD and insert it into the CD-ROM drive of the computer to be upgraded.
If the ISO file is on the computer to be upgraded, you could avoid wasting a CD by mounting the ISO as a drive with a command like:
sudo mount -o loop ~/Desktop/ubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso /media/cdrom0
3.A dialog will be displayed to give you the opportunity to upgrade your ubuntu to 8.10
4.Follow the on-screen instructions to finish the upgrade.
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