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dreaminghosts
November 15th, 2011, 10:12 PM
I go to the update manager and try to update to 10.04. As soon as it begins a window pops up and it say -Can not upgrade. An upgrade from 'jaunty' to 'lucid' is not supported by this tool.
seriously wtf?
Also when I go to add and/remove applications everything I try to download from there isn't working. The download fails. I thought if I updated the version it would fix the problem but I can't even do that ;~;
snowpine
November 15th, 2011, 10:16 PM
Ubuntu 9.04 reached its "end of life" in October 2010 and is no longer supported. Therefore you need to follow a few extra steps to upgrade: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades
You might also consider backing up your data and doing a fresh install of 10.04 (or 11.10). This might actually be faster and less hassle than trying to upgrade.
Good luck either way! :)
BillyBoa
November 15th, 2011, 10:18 PM
I don't think that from 9.04 you can upgrade. You should make a fresh install.
Furthermore 9.04 is not supported anymore
coffeecat
November 15th, 2011, 10:43 PM
@dreaminghosts, the link snowpine posted will help you to get your 9.04 system fully updated from the old-realeases repositories, but to get to 10.04 you need to upgrade to 9.10 first and 9.10 is also now unsupported. You need a trick to convince the system that 9.10 is still supported. Have a look here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11166569&postcount=3
And here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11129193&postcount=8
That workaround worked for me last August, but I don't know whether it will still work. It may be better for you to make a fresh installation of 10.04.
dreaminghosts
November 15th, 2011, 10:49 PM
thanks for all the input.
Any good guides on how to do a fresh install from 9.04?
I don't even care if I lose the stuff on my computer.
larrypg
November 16th, 2011, 01:02 AM
Hello,
You have to download which ever version you decide you want and burn it to a cd. You then install from the cd or usb. You should back-up first if there is stuff you want to save on the old install first though.
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