404 Error in Update Manager

[VideoAddicted]

I am running 8.04 (Hardy) and when I try to check for new updates so i can try and upgrade to Lucid, I get the following errors.

Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-backports/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-backports/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-backports/main/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-backports/restricted/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-backports/universe/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-backports/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


For some inexplicable reason, my computer is searching for Feisty files and its getting the 404 error when it tries to do it, completely shutting updates (for the past 200 odd days as well).

I've looked elsewhere on the site for help but all the other relevant ideas haven't worked.

I tried running the update from aptitude and i tried changing the server i was downloading from which were the only two suggestions that i found for situations that seemed to mirror my own.

I would would greatly appreciate any help with getting this to work. Thanks in advance.

[howefield]

Can you post the contents of your sources.list ?

From terminal,


sudo /etc/apt/sources.list

[lykeion]

If you are trying to upgrade Hardy > Lucid you should check this page:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades

[VideoAddicted]

sudo /etc/apt/sources.list

this returns
sudo: /etc/apt/sources.list: command not found

[howefield]

sudo: /etc/apt/sources.list: command not found

Apologies, what I meant to type was..


cat /etc/apt/sources.list

[VideoAddicted]

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.


## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security universe main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security multiverse

hope this helps

[HeadHunter00]

really? *sigh* just use another mirror from software sources.

[howefield]

really? *sigh* just use another mirror from software sources.

Give yourself a break and read the question.

[howefield]

hope this helps

Comment out the lines with feisty in them.

Use the terminal command


gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

and place a pound sign # in front of the offending lines.

Save and reload your software sources.

[robdaemon]

really? *sigh* just use another mirror from software sources.

really? You're sooo helpful.

Anyhow, to be more helpful to the OP, the US archive server seems to be having trouble.

In your software sources, you should change your mirror.

I'm switching to http://mirrors.xmission.com/ubuntu for the time being.

You can find Software Sources under Administration in your GNOME menu. (I'm working on a netbook edition installation right now, so I can't tell you the exact wording in a stock Ubuntu installation.)

[HeadHunter00]

sorry 4 my ignorance eh. i didnt read the whole post. from wat i can see, your repositories are still at feisty. so, to fix that edit /etc/apt/source.list and then replace all the "feisties" with lucid

[VideoAddicted]

Thanks everyone who posted, your suggestions fixed my problem.

On a related note, will upgrading from Hardy to Lucid make me lose the data on my hard drive, i've heard this mentioned and I don't want to lose my data because that would be somewhat frustrating...

[mörgæs]

It seems like your machine has a long history of upgrades. If I were you I would back up all my files and do a clean install of 10.04. May I guess that it has been running something like three years?

An update preserves the user files, but it is not the best foundation for a stable system.

[howefield]

On a related note, will upgrading from Hardy to Lucid make me lose the data on my hard drive, i've heard this mentioned and I don't want to lose my data because that would be somewhat frustrating...

Your data should be safe enough.

However if you have only one copy of data that is valuable to you, then you're data is an accident just waiting to happen.

Do yourself a favour and get it backed up.

[VideoAddicted]

thanks guys