Upgrading from ancient ubuntu

[PeteCox]

I've recently dusted off (literally) an old ubuntu box which was running Feisty.

Since that time, the CD drive broke so I'm wondering the best way of updating. In the past I have managed to update my systems just by switching the sources.list to the new version and using update-manager/dist-upgrade. i.e. I think the machine was originally running hardy.

I don't believe the BIOS supports net-booting, so the only way to get a newer install media would be to purchase a USB stick and try booting of that for a clean install.

So my question is would it be safe to just replace

feisty --> jaunty in sources.list

and cross my fingers? :)

[frost151n]

No idea.
But if it is an old machine and you don't have any valuable data on it I say do it just to see what happenes.

[konqueror7]

i think it would work, but only if all 'feisty' will be replaced by 'jaunty'...because it would mess up the packages...

(but proceed with precaution, :))