#title Upgrading Dapper to Hardy [[EOLUpgrades| <<]] [[EOLUpgrades/Breezy| < Breezy]] [[EOLUpgrades/Edgy| Edgy >>]] = 6.06 to 8.04 (Dapper to Hardy) = == Before you start == Please make sure you've read and understood the [[EOLUpgrades| main EOLUpgrade page]]. I would recommend using [[http://www.clonezilla.org| clonezilla]] for backing up your current installation. It is very easy to backup and restore your partitions with clonezilla. It takes less then 30 minutes to backup/restore a 20Gb root filesystem which has 4-5 Gb used space. Note:: Ubuntu 6.06's support has ended in June 2009 for desktops and will end June 2011 for servers. This will mean a lot of desktop applications are not supported/updated anymore. See [[http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security//dapper/supported.txt| this list]] of supported packages. Upgrading 6.06.x to 8.04 is regarded as a regular upgrade. Please see [[DapperUpgrades]] or [[HardyUpgrades]] for more information. == Requirements == * /etc/apt/sources.list Please make sure you have the following sources.list. {{{ ## EOL upgrade sources.list # Required deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse # Optional #deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse }}} You can make use of -backports, -proposed repositories if you want. For more information about repositories see [[Repositories/Ubuntu]]. == The upgrade == * Make sure your sources.list is correct (see requirements) * Update the package list and get fully upgrade all packages {{{ sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade }}} * If you run a -desktop version of ubuntu, please reinstall this package: {{{ sudo aptitude reinstall ubuntu-desktop # or kubuntu, xubuntu, edubuntu, etc }}} NOTE: It could be that you just upgraded your kernel, if this is the case, please reboot! * Run the update script {{{ sudo do-release-upgrade }}} * Important note: you may need to edit the file /etc/fstab to change "hda" old IDE disk notation by "sda" new disk notation. * Check your new version Reboot your machine and you can now run `lsb_release -a` to check the new version of Ubuntu. [[EOLUpgrades| <<]] [[EOLUpgrades/Breezy| < Breezy]] [[EOLUpgrades/Edgy| Edgy >>]] ---- CategoryUpgrade