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Upgrading Ubuntu Server 6.04.2 to 8.04.3

I just successfully upgraded my Ubuntu 6.04 LAMP Server to 8.04 using the following instuctions from UbuntuForums:

I copied this list to my sources.list:
Code:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
Don't ask me why my old locations didn't work, they just didn't.

I verified that my current install was completely up to date:
Code:
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
Install the server-based update utility (This is the core of update-manager and the release upgrade utility):

Code:
sudo aptitude install update-manager
worked for me (after mounting the 6.04 ISO to '/cdrom/').
start the upgrade using:
Code:
sudo do-release-upgrade
My results:

/etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=”Ubuntu 8.04″

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