Re: [tlug] Kubuntu 8.04 -> 8.10 Upgrade "Problems"

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> On Monday December 15 2008 18:54, CL wrote:
> > After downloading and installing Kubuntu 8.10 32-bit desktop on a
> > spare IBM NetVista, I decided to go ahead and install it on the
> > machine that would do the least damage to my everyday routine first
> > --- my ThinkPad R61, currently running 64-bit 8.04.  I decided to
> > upgrade rather than install new.
>
> If i understand correctly, you are taking an amd64 installation and 
> upgrading it to a newer version of an i386 installation. I was rather 
> surprised the installer let you do this, or that you saw something as 

Ummm ... no ... sorry for any confusion there ... I tried out 8.10 on a 
spare 32-bit box before deciding to upgrade my everyday machines, which 
are 64-bit types.  Also, since I was updating rather than installing, 
the installer program would/should have known which flavor to replace 
the existing 8.04 with.

> advanced as the "'This is your PC on drugs' background" (whatever that 
> means) when you rebooted. I'd recommend upgrading to the same 

We must have a lot more people on the TLUG who never lived through the 
Sixties than I'd imagined.  And/or I am the only one seeing that 3-D 
update of a late-1960's sitcom opening credits background that is KDE 
4.1's opening screen.

> architecture as is already installed. Or in the case of a machine that 
> had one architecture and was upgraded to another (your ThinkPad), just 
> pull any important data off the drive, wipe it, and install fresh. 
> Thankfully Ubuntu and its derivatives don't take long to reinstall.

The important data was already copied off before the upgrade was 
attempted.  I _am_ a newbie to Linux, I _am_not_ new to computing.

The final decision, made after asking the same questions on the Kubuntu 
Forum was to make the HDD a virgin all over again and to install 8.10 
from a CD.

--
CL