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update-manager package

  1. Bug #239458
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 239458

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g-rob (robert-gibbon) wrote : Re: [Bug 239458] Re: Getting upgrade prerequisites for system upgrade failed

It worked ok for me on a Sun V100 ...but I tried to upgrade a sparc
clone and it didn't work at all - it upgraded...and then it wouldn't boot

Luke J Militello wrote:
> Hi, I have a Sun E420R running gutsy and as is it approaching EOL, I
> would like to upgrade it to hardy so I can get LTS support. However, I
> did attempt this once and it had disastrous results. It would seem the
> upgrade took, but upon rebooting the server, about half way through the
> startup, the console started to display garbled characters, couldn't
> even SSH to it and rendered it useless. I ended up having to re-install
> gutsy and restore the server from backups. I would really enjoy doing
> an upgrade and have it work like it should, thus I have been scared to
> make any attempt at it again. I guess my question is, has there been
> any luck with doing a successful upgrade from gutsy to hardy on sparc64
> arch? As I stated before, I (and I am sure many others) would like to
> upgrade before gutsy goes EOL, but would like to do so with confidence
> it will work as it should. Thanks.
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