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Upgrade to 12.10- after adding bumblebee

Asked by Inderjit Singh

Mine laptop is having Nvidia Optimus graphic card. I was unable to upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10. I added bumblebee as adviced by the action centre. Now when I am trying to upgrade I receive the message 'some third party entries in your source.list were disabled. You can re-enable them after the upgrade with the 'Software Properties' tools or your package manager'. Also please inform me how much data pack I need for upgrade and how much time it will take. Thanks.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

It depends purely on install size. If you have added tonnes of applications then these will be upgraded and add to the time and data needed to upgrade. I use a very minimal Ubuntu and have fewer packages installed, my upgrades (should I choose to, I always clean install for fewer issues) will be less than most

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#2

Depends on Internet connection speed to retrieve the packets , and depends on how much programs you have installed and how much external repositories you have added.

Approximately the upgrade procedure lasts loner than a new installation (with updates included).
An Installation procedure with updated it will last usually 20-30 minutes , but my last attempt to upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10 took over 2:30 hours.

So consider to backup you personal data (documents , music , movies .. etc) and Install Ubuntu from scratch.

Thanks

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Inderjit Singh (inderjit67) said : 		#3

I may not be able to install at one strech, i.e. there may be internet failure in between.Whether that will create any problem or I can upgrade bit by bit. Please inform .Thanks.

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Best N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#4

If Internet failure occurs , the the upgrade procedure will corrupt and I don't know if you can resume ...

I suggest a new installation from a live media of Ubuntu (DVD/USB) .. then you must run update-manager once , to updated all the packages..

Thanks

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Inderjit Singh (inderjit67) said : 		#5

Thanks NikTh, that solved my question.