Help with upgrading Ubuntu

[winstont11]

Hello, I'm in need of some help. I currently have Ubuntu 5.10, Breezy Badger on my current CP and have not had an upgrade since 2005 or so. I'm attempting to do the upgrade myself, however, I am not having any luck. I went to ubuntu.com and clicked on the link for the upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10 figuring that this would be my best option. I followed the first step, but when I go to the system tab---administration--- there is not an option for software sources. So from there I scrolled down to Network Upgrade for Ubuntu Servers (Recommended). I accessed the terminal and typed in what was directed and got this error...

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy/restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_restricted_ binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy/universe Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_universe_bi nary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy/multiverse Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy_multiverse_ binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-updates_restricted_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-security_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-security_restricted_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/universe Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-security_universe_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/multiverse Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-security_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy-backports/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-backports_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy-backports/restricted Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-backports_restricted_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy-backports/universe Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-backports_universe_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy-backports/multiverse Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_breezy-backports_multiverse_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://cipherfunk.org breezy/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/cipherfunk.org_pub_packages_ubuntu_dists_breezy_ma in_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://packages.freecontrib.org breezy/free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.freecontrib.org_ubuntu_plf_dists_breezy_f ree_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://packages.freecontrib.org breezy/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.freecontrib.org_ubuntu_plf_dists_breezy_n on-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Couldn't find package update-manager-core



I am completely confused and am not sure what my next step should be. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

[simtaalo]

i don't think that version is supported so you *probably* can't upgrade to 8.10 that way.

you will have to do a fresh install of 8.10, if you don't have your /home on a seperate partition then you will have to back-up your data then do the install. when you do the install you can make a seperate partition for /home which means that in the future you can reinstall without having to touch any of your personal data.