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Old 11-07-2008, 03:32 PM   #1
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switching ubuntu version and keeping repository


I am currently using several ubuntu computers in my network, and I have the repositories locally hosted. This allows me to update the repositories only, and then every other computer gets the updates from the local network, instead of having each one of them updating from the internet directly, thus consuming band width.

But the problem is that I am about to adopt ubuntu version 8.10, and I am afraid that I will need the repositories for 8.10, which is something really big to download and I have a slow internet connection. Is there a way to adapt the 8.04 repositories to start working as an 8.10 repository, possibly updating some packages but not having to download it completely?
 
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Pull the CD and use that to upgrade each, then use your local repository after that. Yes I know it's big, but it's "one time" - do it overnight say. The upgrade (for each machine) will be almost as big as the CD I'd reckon.

I'd also advise a clean install rather than an upgrade - past experience only. This works if you have /home mounted on a separate partition and use the same userid/password during the install. Needs extra space obviously, but I just flip/flop between partitions for the root as new releases come out. If you need to split off your /home you can do it from a liveCD or "rescue mode" in need.
 
Old 11-17-2008, 10:40 AM   #3
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My intention is not to upgrade but to do clean installs, and I already have the Ubuntu 8.10 CD.

My problem is with the local repositories. I have the local repository for Ubuntu 8.04 hosted in a file server in my network. I maintain it with apt-mirror, that updates it from the online repos every night at noon. Then all the ubuntu workstations in my network are kept updated from this local repo. This way I save internet bandwidth by not upgrading each separate computer from the internet more than once.

The problem is that if I start switching to 8.10, I don't know if the 8.04 repos can be used as repos for installations of Ubuntu 8.10. I know it may not be possible directly, but maybe there's a way to "upgrade" the repository without having to download the entire repo of 8.10 (~23Gb, which is a lot for my bandwidth, it would take weeks!)
 
  


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