View Full Version : [ubuntu] Upgrade 7.04
Markstar
June 19th, 2010, 11:29 AM
Hi,
strange question, I know:
All I have available is a 7.04 installation, which, when I try the Update Manager, says:
Could not download all repository indexes
I guess the sources.list is hopelessly outdated, but is there ANY way I can upgrade this without an external device? I could download the current ISO, but don't know how I would open and install it.
Thanks in advance, please keep in mind that I'm still an absolute beginner concerning Ubuntu! ):P
snowpine
June 19th, 2010, 12:17 PM
Support for 7.04 ended back in 2008 :( so I would recommend:
1. Back up your documents to an external drive
2. Download and burn a 10.04 Live CD
3. Do a fresh reinstall of 10.04
Some helpful links:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall
Markstar
June 19th, 2010, 12:29 PM
Support for 7.04 ended back in 2008 :( so I would recommend:
1. Back up your documents to an external drive
2. Download and burn a 10.04 Live CD
3. Do a fresh reinstall of 10.04
Some helpful links:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstallYes, thanks. That's what I'm trying to do. ;)
However, I DO NOT have an external device available on that particular computer. :( So it has to be done without a CD or USB stick.
snowpine
June 19th, 2010, 12:55 PM
Yes, thanks. That's what I'm trying to do. ;)
However, I DO NOT have an external device available on that particular computer. :( So it has to be done without a CD or USB stick.
A few suggestions:
1. Buy a 1gb USB flash drive for under $10 and create an Ubuntu bootable USB (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick)
2. Buy or borrow an external USB CD-ROM drive
3. Remove your hard drive, swap it into another computer with a working CD drive, install Ubuntu, and swap it back. :)
Good luck!
Markstar
June 19th, 2010, 01:09 PM
A few suggestions:
1. Buy a 1gb USB flash drive for under $10 and create an Ubuntu bootable USB (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick)
2. Buy or borrow an external USB CD-ROM drive
3. Remove your hard drive, swap it into another computer with a working CD drive, install Ubuntu, and swap it back. :)
Good luck!All USB ports are broken, as is the CD drive.
I could swap out the hard drive, but my only alternative is a PC with a totally different architecture (AMD instead of Intel, etc.). Wouldn't that mess up the installation?
snowpine
June 19th, 2010, 02:29 PM
All USB ports are broken, as is the CD drive.
I could swap out the hard drive, but my only alternative is a PC with a totally different architecture (AMD instead of Intel, etc.). Wouldn't that mess up the installation?
You can't install 64-bit if the computer is 32-bit, other than that I don't know of any restrictions. Ubuntu auto-detects hardware each time you boot.
Markstar
June 19th, 2010, 03:03 PM
Ubuntu auto-detects hardware each time you boot.Thanks, I guess I'll try that then. :popcorn:
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