Posted 2009-10-08 22:40 by Joe
Every Operating System is a little bit different, even when Virtualmin puts a common UI on top of it. This is a collection of observations about various operating systems, and common pitfalls.
A common cause of installation/update errors on CentOS is due to having third party repositories installed. If the installer is having trouble installing packages, verify that there aren't any third party repositories conflicting with your primary repositories.
Upgrading Debian etch to lenny with distupgrade
Upgrading Debian Lenny to Squeeze with distupgrade
Upgrading Ubuntu 8.04 LTS to 10.04 LTS with distupgrade
On Ubuntu 10.04, "hostname -f" needs to resolve to your full hostname, or the installation may not work correctly.
