EOL dapper to hardy failure to update

[techsoft3d]

So I have a EOL dapper needed to get to hardy.

here is the source list,

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security main restricted universe multiverse

# Optional
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

then apt-get update

followed by do-release-upgrade

that fails as the script puts this in sources.list.d/prerequists-sources.dapper.list

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main/debian-installer

thoughts?

[dabl]

I have a EOL dapper needed to get to hardy.


Why? You have a 2006 version, which you were happily running yesterday. If you were happy in July 2011 with a 2006 operating system, what difference does it make whether or not you can update to a 2008 version? Just stay with Dapper.






(or, you could install a 2010 or 2011 operating system ........)

[mörgæs]

Hi, welcome to the fora.

Both versions are obsolete:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases#Version_timeline

This means that no security bug fixes have been released for a long time.


Best is to try one of the supported versions in a live boot and after that a fresh install.