Upgrade 7.04

[Markstar]

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I guess the sources.list is hopelessly outdated, but is there ANY way I can upgrade this without an external device?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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Ubuntu auto-detects hardware each time you boot.Thanks, I guess I'll try that then. :popcorn: