[cumbria_lug] Ubuntu 9.04 -> 9.10 upgrade failure warning

[Compuk]

On 11/01/2009 06:25 AM, Mark Wickens wrote:
> Just a word of caution - I upgraded my 9.04 install on my X60 laptop on
> Friday and it left the machine in a non-bootable state. I've ended up
> having to install a fresh copy because the suggestions of a fix on the
> internet didn't work for me. The one PITA was the mysql databases - I
> had to use the alternate install cd and boot a rescue on the old
> partition so that I could mysqldump the databases out.
>
> All this would have been much more of a PITA if I hadn't had to do
> something similar a couple of months back when I upgraded from debian to
> ubuntu. I split the disk into two separate equal size partition so could
> mount old partition on the new install to transfer everything across. It
> worked a treat - I'd not thought of doing that before and will keep it
> as a way of working if I can afford the disk space.
>
> Regards, Mark.
>
>
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I did this in a VM recently without issue. I was amazed how well it 
went. The main issue with upgrades is the 3rd party apps you have, the 
more you have the more likely you end up borked.