cdromupgrade doesn't work with current hardy alternative CD

[Slight Slightly]

cdromupgrade can't be run from the alternate Gutsy install CD as described ate the bottom of this page:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

The CD gets auto-mounted as "Ubuntu 7.10 i386" and not as 'cdrom'.

Trying to run the cdromupgrade script causes the following error:

tolan@thome:~$ sudo sh /media/Ubuntu\ 7.10\ i386/cdromupgrade
[: 23: 7.10: unexpected operator
tar: /media/Ubuntu: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: 7.10: Not found in archive
tar: i386/dists/stable/main/dist-upgrader/binary-all//gutsy.tar.gz: Not found in archive
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Could not find the upgrade application in the archive, exiting

Workaround is to remount the cdrom manually on /media/cdrom as detailed in this thread (7th post):

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=580338

The naming of the cd also seems to stop it being detected in software-sources, although that might be caused by something else.

Did anyone actually test the cdromupgrade script before release? :p

[Slight Slightly (slight--deactivatedaccount)]

Oops also. The popup after detecting a distro cd doesn't come up either, which is why I did it manually. I also see that I didn't do it exactly as described in the upgrade instructions, so here is the result doing it that way:

tolan@thome:~$ gksu "sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade"
tolan@thome:~$

Obviously no result as the CD isn't mounted on /cdrom

tolan@thome:~$ gksu "sh /media/Ubuntu\ 7.10\ i386/cdromupgrade"
Could not find the upgrade application in the archive, exiting

[M Lucius (marcel-lucius)]

the distribution upgrader missing on this install disc
gutsy.tar isn 't available inside the upgrader 's directory
archive isn 't on disc

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:0.87.10

---------------
update-manager (1:0.87.10) hardy; urgency=low

  * remove code duplication in the confirmChanges() code and make the
    warning more readable (LP: #188724)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py:
    - when adding prerequists, ensure that no duplicated lines are
      added, plus add test for this (thanks to Kolbjørn Barmen)
    - honor APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated (thanks to Kolbjørn
      Barmen)
  * DistUpgrade/cdromupgrade:
    - updated to hardy
    - fix bug in path handling (LP: #155833)
  * DistUpgrade/prerequists-sources.list:
    - remove cruft

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:23:38 +0100

[Bill Smith (bsmith1051)]

Fixing this in Hardy doesn't help anyone use it to update from Feisty??? Don't we need the fixed Update Manager pushed through the Feisty repositories?

[DWade (walksale)]

The Hardy 8.04 AMD 64 alternate CD cdromupgrade does not work either, and it is the latest release downloaded yesterday and again today to verify.

Also the Repair CD function loops to install complete operating sytem. Upon selecting install grub boot loader it goes to partitioner.

[Ajinkya (zincajinkya)]

even its buggins me and i am unable to install 9.10 from 9.01 frm cd i just ordered !