Hardy upgrade alternate CD

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:06 AM, Jerry Story
<email address hidden> wrote:
> New question #31455 on Ubuntu:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/31455
>
> I am trying to upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy using the alternate disk.
> I'm using Ubuntu, not Kubuntu or any any of those variations.
>
> [begin quote]
>
> Upgrading using the alternate CD/DVD
>
> Use this method if the system being upgraded is not connected to the Internet.
>
> 1. Download and burn the alternate installation CD.
> 2. Insert it into your CD-ROM drive.
> 3. A dialog will be displayed offering you the opportunity to upgrade using that CD.
> 4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
>
> If the upgrade dialog is not displayed for any reason, you may also run the following command using Alt+F2:
>
> gksu "sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade"
>
> [end quote]
>
> 1. Did this. I downloaded both "Standard" and "64 bit".
> 2. Did this. I tried both of them.
> 3. There was no dialog for either.
> 4. No dialog, no instructions.
>
> I did the Alt+F2 and
> gksu "sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade"
>
> Nothing happened in either case.
>
> I tried the Update Manager and clicked on "Upgrade" figuring that it would use the CD as a source of files. Tried both CDs. Both CDs ran into the same problem.
> This is the problem, same for both "Standard" and "64 bit":
>
> [begin quote]
>
> Could not calculate the upgrade
>
> A unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
>
> This can be caused by:
> * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
> * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
> * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu
>
> If none of this applies, then please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bugreport.
>
> [end quote]
>
> I didn't do anything to do with "pre-release".
> I don't know anything about "unofficial software packages".
>
> I don't want to do an install. I want to do an upgrade.
>
> How can I upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy?
>
> (With Mandrake it was easy. Why can't an Ubuntu upgrade be just as easy as Mandrake was?)

New information:
I tried the update manager without a CD and I got the same error message.

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:57 AM, Jerry Story <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:06 AM, Jerry Story
> <email address hidden> wrote:
> > New question #31455 on Ubuntu:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/31455
> >
> > I am trying to upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy using the alternate disk.
> > I'm using Ubuntu, not Kubuntu or any any of those variations.
> >
> > [begin quote]
> >
> > Upgrading using the alternate CD/DVD
> >
> > Use this method if the system being upgraded is not connected to the Internet.
> >
> > 1. Download and burn the alternate installation CD.
> > 2. Insert it into your CD-ROM drive.
> > 3. A dialog will be displayed offering you the opportunity to upgrade using that CD.
> > 4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
> >
> > If the upgrade dialog is not displayed for any reason, you may also run the following command using Alt+F2:
> >
> > gksu "sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade"
> >
> > [end quote]
> >
> > 1. Did this. I downloaded both "Standard" and "64 bit".
> > 2. Did this. I tried both of them.
> > 3. There was no dialog for either.
> > 4. No dialog, no instructions.
> >
> > I did the Alt+F2 and
> > gksu "sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade"
> >
> > Nothing happened in either case.
> >
> > I tried the Update Manager and clicked on "Upgrade" figuring that it would use the CD as a source of files. Tried both CDs. Both CDs ran into the same problem.
> > This is the problem, same for both "Standard" and "64 bit":
> >
> > [begin quote]
> >
> > Could not calculate the upgrade
> >
> > A unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
> >
> > This can be caused by:
> > * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
> > * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
> > * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu
> >
> > If none of this applies, then please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bugreport.
> >
> > [end quote]
> >
> > I didn't do anything to do with "pre-release".
> > I don't know anything about "unofficial software packages".
> >
> > I don't want to do an install. I want to do an upgrade.
> >
> > How can I upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy?
> >
> > (With Mandrake it was easy. Why can't an Ubuntu upgrade be just as easy as Mandrake was?)
>
> New information:
> I tried the update manager without a CD and I got the same error message.

I succeeded in upgrading from Gutsy to Hardy. I removed the nvidia
driver and then the upgrade worked. I was disappointed that the
upgrade process did not use the CD. After the upgrade the screen
resolution was wrong. I had a hard time fixing the screen resolution.

screen resolution fix:
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Under 'Section "Monitor"'
I put a # in front of the 'modeline "800x' lines
Then I rebooted and got a reasonable screen resolution.

Canonical needs to fix the Hardy upgrade process.

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