Upgrade Issue
All,
Why you don't upgrade till LTS 18 months mature. It's not stable. Started upgrade from 14.04 LTS to 16.04 LTS one month early and upgrade so flakey that locked up the machine, requiring run of dpkg --configure -a but which totally screwed networking so now machine is dead, unable to connect. Looks like will have to download and burn liveDVD to boot from and run some version of "chroot" to get back into the screwed distro to finish install. Hope someone has a HOWTO I can follow for this rescue. TBNK |
"unable to connect" does not fly. If you can get to the command line you can connect with 99% certainty. There may be cases when filesystem with needed tools is corrupted, but you didn't say there is corruption.
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LTS to me means they don't care to work on it any more and I like to move forward Ie: https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...8/#post5763220 JMO*... :hattip:
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@Dave - I'm curious about the "clean install, manually migrate" method. Might you, perhaps, have a link to instructions on how to carry out such an evolution? I've not done the update from 12.04LTS because, in the past, I've NEVER had the update method do anything but deprive me of my computer.
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@Dragineez
By "clean install, manually migrate", I simply mean that I do an ordinary install onto an empty partition (or tell the installer to format/overwrite whatever's there). Then I do whatever customizations I need (installing additional packages, changing settings, etc.). I keep the old installation around for a while (on separate partition(s) or separate disk), so that I can go back to it if necessary, or use it for reference. In some cases, copying over configuration files and data files from the old install to the new install is feasible; that depends on the situation. |
That seems a most sane solution to my dilemma. My fondness for Linux has been that, once configured as I like, I don't have to pay it much mind thereafter. Most inconvenient that a perfectly working solution must be "upgraded". But we live in a world where one ignores security concerns at great peril.
At present, my Linux server runs a rudimentary website, a half life dedicated game server, a TeamSpeak server, and my Plex media server. I heartily desire that all those services work post upgrade. Time is in short supply, so it would be most inconvenient to spend weeks of research and my usual fumble fingered trial and error method. At one time, I lived to do such things. I do no longer. I'm not adverse to putting in some time, effort, and even (gasp!) money into accomplishing this. But this guidance, while helpful, is a bit short on details. I was hoping someone that that already walked this path and documented their experience might provide a link to such documentation. I appreciate the response. Think of me as the "lazy upgrader" in search of a helping hand. |
To help me with new installs, and for general reference purposes, I keep notes of most of the customizations that I make. The only problem is that, for 12.04, the notes file was 10,000 lines. But at least the info is there. :)
I've considered switching to a distro such as Arch Linux, that uses a rolling distribution scheme, so that you can stay up to date without having to do any major upgrades. But it's still on my list of "things to do". |
Well, that went much better than usual. After backing up all my customizations, I cautiously did the upgrade option. From 12.04 to 14.04 was successful. Now to see if the upgrade to 16 works as well.
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My "clean install, manually migrate" is very easy to accomplish, and takes almost no effort.
I took the time to create a script which backs up the essential configuration from the old OS and another script which configures the new OS. It requires some effort to create that script, but after it is created I can do a clean install on my desktop (or any other computer), and have it almost completely configured in just a few minutes. My scripts are posted here Of course, they would have to be modified to fit your config and your programs, but my scripts can be used as a guide to creating your scripts. I have used these scripts to configure various new installs (different versions of Linux Mint) and they work great. |
After looking at the script link that I posted above, I think it would be better to post the latest version of my scripts here, because they have been updated since that original post.
backup.sh Code:
#!/bin/sh Code:
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Followup
All,
Upgrading to 18.04 LTS TBNK |
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