Reflashing to latest Ubuntu?

[littlebigman]

Hello

I just started playing with the SheevaPlug that comes with the Development Kit. It's currently running Ubuntu 9.04, and displays errors when trying to run "apt-get install apt-file":

Code:

Get:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com jaunty/main libgdbm3 1.8.3-4 [22.7kB]
Get:2 http://ports.ubuntu.com jaunty/main perl-modules 5.10.0-19ubuntu1 [3182kB]
Get:3 http://ports.ubuntu.com jaunty/main perl 5.10.0-19ubuntu1 [4531kB]
Err http://ports.ubuntu.com jaunty/main libcurl3 7.18.2-8ubuntu1
  404 Not Found
Err http://ports.ubuntu.com jaunty/main curl 7.18.2-8ubuntu1
  404 Not Found
Err http://ports.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe libconfig-file-perl 1.42-1
  404 Not Found
Err http://ports.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.22build1
  404 Not Found
Get:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe liblist-moreutils-perl 0.22-1 [49.8kB]
Get:5 http://ports.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe apt-file 2.2.0 [26.4kB]
Get:6 http://ports.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe menu 2.1.41ubuntu1 [421kB]
Fetched 8233kB in 5s (1513kB/s)
Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/c/curl/libcurl3_7.18.2-8ubuntu1_armel.deb  404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/c/curl/curl_7.18.2-8ubuntu1_armel.deb  404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/libc/libconfig-file-perl/libconfig-file-perl_1.42-1_all.deb  404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/liba/libapt-pkg-perl/libapt-pkg-perl_0.1.22build1_armel.deb  404 Not Found
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
root@debian:/etc#

So I was wondering if there were a more recent image that I could use to reflash the device and be up-to-date. If yes, should I follow the instructions presented in the SheevaPlug Installer?

Thank you.

[NewIT_Marcus]

There is no more recent version of Ubuntu (for the ARM architecture) than the installed 9.04.

http://plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=885.0

[littlebigman]

Thanks Marcus. So I guess I'll just run the "apt-get" commands to bring this unit up-to-date, and proceed with learning how to use the SheevaPlug. I can always reflash the SP with Debian later.

Thank you.

[littlebigman]

Still, I'm curious about what the SheevaPlug Installer contains.

"The SheevaPlug is shipped with Ubuntu 9.04 “jaunty” installed. The standard software image does have some issues, so the first thing I did was upgrad to the latest version using the SheevaPlug installer 1.0" (source)

[NewIT_Marcus]

Still, I'm curious about what the SheevaPlug Installer contains.

A slightly different pre-installed package list (a bit leaner). If there is anything that is "missing", you can install it with apt-get. Leaner, I suppose, so as to maximise the free space on the NAND drive. (Offhand I can't remember which packages are different).

[littlebigman]

Thanks for the clarification.