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how to upgrade to next version of ubuntu?

Asked by Tamjid

HI, i had just installed ubuntu 9.04 a month ago, but now the next version 9.10 is comming, more over i have a slow internet connection, so i have to get the cd by shipit. do i have to install it again? my hard disk dosenot have any partition so if i just reinstall, will it delete all my things by formatting? or i can just upgrade it by using upgrade manager?
what will i do when ubuntu 10. somthing will released?
would you please let me know what should i do to upgrade my pc to latest versions
thanks
tamjid

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

No you can use the alternate cd for karmic and upgrade using that. You can continually upgrade all you like. The hard disk will have partitions or your Ubuntu install is REALLY fucked and will not boot.

You can upgrade online with:

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

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jtniehof (jtniehof) said : 		#2

When 9.10 is released, the release notes will have detailed information on upgrading via CD. It will probably be similar to the process for upgrading from 8.10 to 9.04 via CD:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading#Upgrading Using the Alternate CD/DVD

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chandrashekar (sasnoor6) said : 		#3

can we direlectly upgrad only ubuntu 9.4 with out windows

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chandrashekar (sasnoor6) said : 		#4

can we direlectly upgrad only ubuntu 9.4 with out windows

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chandrashekar (sasnoor6) said : 		#5

can we direlectly upgrad only ubuntu 9.4 with out windows

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chandrashekar (sasnoor6) said : 		#6

can we direlectly upgrad only ubuntu 9.4 with out windows

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chandrashekar (sasnoor6) said : 		#7

can we direlectly upgrad only ubuntu 9.4 with out windows

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chandrashekar (sasnoor6) said : 		#8

can we direlectly upgrad only ubuntu 9.4 with out windows

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chandrashekar (sasnoor6) said : 		#9

can we direlectly upgrad only ubuntu 9.4 with out windows

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chandrashekar (sasnoor6) said : 		#10

can we direlectly upgrad only ubuntu 9.4 with out windows

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#11

Tamjid,
afaik shipit doesn't provide the alternate.
e.g.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JauntyUpgrades#AlternateUpgrade

If your /home is on a separate partition nothing much to worry, but in principle backup is recommended, upgrade or not.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/TAR

Karmic preview:
http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/beta
Including GRUB_2
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2

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