paper_brdige
August 8th, 2011, 05:32 PM
I am trying to upgrade my system from 7.04 to a current version.
I now face the known problem that my machine tries to download everything from archives.ubuntu.com although it has all been moved to old-releases.
The guide I'm following suggests: "If you have this problem, you could change your /etc/host file to point archive.ubuntu.com to old-releases. Do this by running host old-releases.ubuntu.com | grep address | awk '{print $NF"\tarchive.ubuntu.com"}' | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts."
I have tried typing that information into the command line, with no success. I opened the /etc/hosts file in emacs (using sudo) but did not see an obvious place to impliment the fix.
I know close to nothing about what I'm doing.
Thanks!
I now face the known problem that my machine tries to download everything from archives.ubuntu.com although it has all been moved to old-releases.
The guide I'm following suggests: "If you have this problem, you could change your /etc/host file to point archive.ubuntu.com to old-releases. Do this by running host old-releases.ubuntu.com | grep address | awk '{print $NF"\tarchive.ubuntu.com"}' | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts."
I have tried typing that information into the command line, with no success. I opened the /etc/hosts file in emacs (using sudo) but did not see an obvious place to impliment the fix.
I know close to nothing about what I'm doing.
Thanks!