Upgrading Ubuntu 8.04 on a USB memory stick
Hi,
I installed Ubuntu 8.04 on a 16 GB USB memory stick so that when I am away from home, and using another computer, I can still use Ubuntu and have all my e-mails etc. to hand.
I thought recently that it was about time to upgrade Ubuntu on the memory stick to 8.10 so I booted up using the memory stick and ran Update Manager which told me that 8.10 was available. Having upgraded from 8.04 to 8.10 on line on my desktop machine, I tried to do the same thing with the memory stick. The upgrade started and then I got an error message saying that there was not enough room on the memory stick. I find that hard to believe because all there is on the (16GB) memory stick is Ubuntu 8.04, Thunderbird (I have removed Evolution) and some e-mails. The upgrade program suggested that I remove some software to make more room.
When I ran update manger, as well as saying that I could upgrade to 8.10 it also said that there were some updates available. I am wondering now whether I should have downloaded and installed these before trying to upgrade. I didn't do the updates so might this be the cause of my problem?
I have three problems now. One is that I don't know what programs I can safely remove if this is what I need to do; the next one is how to get at them to remove them and lastly how can I persuade the upgrade program that there is (I am sure) room on the memory stick to upgrade Ubuntu. I tried to remove all the games but got an error message saying that there weren't any even thogh I can still play them all.
Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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