So i have 4.1 installed on my pc right now. And rather then go threw each upgrade to reach the newest, i just figured i would download it. Now i have it, and im not sure how to install it. Feedback pelease.! sorry if its a repost, i searched around and didnt see what i was aiming for. Everyone abreveates everything so im not sure.

Are you talking about a distro, some software or what? Please be specific.

Is this Ubuntu? You don't specify which distro, and are you wanting to do a complete overhaul? They are very different OS's by now. They also use different kernels.

Welcome to LQ!

I assume you are talking about Ubuntu. Your best bet for such a big jump in upgrades is to do a clean install.

Just put the CD in (assuming you have the normal desktop CD), and boot from it. This will start up as a Live CD, and to install Ubuntu just click the "Install" link on the desktop.

Make sure you backup all your documents.

If you haven't already, create a separate partition during installation for /home. This makes it easier to do upgrades and reinstalls in the future.

I hope this helps
--Ian

You all are very fast, i can tell this will be a very helpful forum.

Sorry about the edgy details, let me fill in a little more.

I was running windowns xp and my system crashed. I couldnt find my xp cd so i thought the heck with it ill give linux a try, could be fun.


Since i dont have a dvd player i couldnt use the newer version i had so i used an older 4.10 ubuntu cd. Now i got my computer back and running by formatting and starting fresh with linux, but i wanna upgrade to the newer version. So rather then having to get each upgrade from where i am at 4.10 to the newest version i thought i would just download and install. Tell me if this is not possiable. I dont really wanna wait around for a cd although i know it would probably be less work.

But i downloaded and im trying to figure out how to run it.

thanks! i will check back frequently!

Eric

Thats the easiest way. Download the iso, check its md5sum, burn and install.

I dont have a cd burner. Is there anyway to do it from open linux? And what is the iso? and please explain md5sum?

thanks

What exactly did you download?

Ubuntu 7.04 - Supported to 2008

from the ubuntulinux.org web site

Is it an iso file? Right click-properties. (also called raw-image). You can have Ubuntu's office send you a free CD as well...see here.

ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso

i extracted it. but not sure how to get it to go now.

any ideas for me?

How to install this?

Do you have another HDD you can hook up? Other than that, you would have to get a free CD sent to you (it is legitimate), and then that would insure a good iso and CD.

whats hdd? there is no way? The cd takes 6 weeks to come