[nflug] Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 A5

[Wolfe, Robert]

Eric #4011 wrote:
> :) make a copy of your hard drive first "dd"
>
> sounds like fun
>
> I did an upgrade of debian before ...sarge to etch... it worked ok 
> with a few minor bruises although I was just playing I didn't care if 
> it didn't work... I know you can rollback stuff, but I would still 
> make a copy, unless one of the wizards here say I'm false... I'm no 
> wizard.
>
>
> Robert Wolfe wrote:
>> Good afternoon all!
>>
>> I am wanting to install Ubuntu Hardy Heron A5 on my laptop (a Dell 
>> Vostro 1500) and was wondering when Hardy Heron became a stable 
>> release if I would be able to update it with an 'apt-get update' 
>> followed by an 'apt-get dist-upgrade' (realizing, of course, I would 
>> have to change my sources.list file to reflect the appropriate 
>> release, etc).
>>
>>   
>
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Well, got it installed.  However, when given the option to use the 
restricted drivers for the video chip on my laptop, I selected that on 
the first install and ended up having to reinstall the OS here on my 
Vostro 1500.