Failing to upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10

[sprilutsky]

Hi there,

I was trying to upgarde to the newer Ubuntu release 12.04 and everything was pointing that I need to go from one release to another, before I can go to the latest release of Ubuntu.

While I was trying to go from 9.04 to 9.10 ran into the issues (see below). Can some one point me into the right direction, please?

tsp0001@ubuntu_pc:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new ubuntu release
Done Upgrade tool signature
Done Upgrade tool
Done downloading
extracting 'lucid.tar.gz'
authenticate 'lucid.tar.gz' against 'lucid.tar.gz.gpg'
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names

Reading cache

Checking package manager

Can not upgrade

An upgrade from 'jaunty' to 'lucid' is not supported with this tool.

tsp0001@ubuntu_pc:~$
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Also running the below command ran into some errors as well:
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tsp0001@ubuntu_pc:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable/main Packages [1246B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com jaunty Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com jaunty/partner Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com jaunty Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com jaunty/partner Packages
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Packages
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com jaunty/partner Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Sources
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty Release
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages
Fetched 2791B in 0s (2865B/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/restricted/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/universe/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/universe/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/multiverse/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
tsp0001@ubuntu_pc:~$

[darkod]

It's much better to copy your personal data to some external disk, and do a clean install of 12.04. Since you were not doing upgrades for a long time, it will hardly survive all upgrades without any issues.

9.04 is already out of support (as is 9.10), that's why you have that error because the repositories are moved. There are ways to do upgrade of versions that are EOL, but I would recommend doing a clean install of 12.04. Don't forget to get your data out first.
Otherwise, the EOL upgrade documentation is here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades

[sprilutsky]

Thanks for the reply, but is there any way to actuallu gradually upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10 to ... to 12.04? Any other suggestions besides new install?

Regards

[darkod]

Well, I don't see much point in it, but if you insist this seem to be the way to do it:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades/Jaunty

Make sure you edit the sources.list and keep only the ones specified in the tutorial. I'm not sure it will work if you have more sources specified.

As for 9.10 to 10.04 it should work in a similar way.

Once you get to 10.04 it's easier since 10.04 is still supported and you should be able tp upgrade to 12.04. Just make sure the settings in Update Manager are set to Long Term releases only, so that from 10.04 it offers upgrade to 12.04 and not to 10.10.

Note that problems might occur when doing so many upgrades in a row, so at the end the whole process might not work out for you at all.

[coffeecat]

@sprilutsky, if you read the link darkod has just posted, you'll see that it warns you that do_release_upgrade will return an error. Just over a year ago, I managed to circumvent this problem for the 9.04 -> 9.10 upgrade with the somewhat irregular hack that I describe here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11129193&postcount=8

That is, saving the modified /var/lib/update-manager/meta-release file which tricks the system into thinking that 9.10 is still supported. You still have to do everything else in the link.

However.... That was a year ago and I was simply experimenting with a system that was not critical and it didn't matter if it broke (it so happens that it didn't). I do not guarantee that this method will still work, and I offer the idea on a try-at-your-own-risk-don't-blame-me-if-it-goes-wrong basis. As always, back up all your data before you try anything.

I agree with darkod that it would be far better and safer to back up all your personal data and do a fresh install of 12.04.

[sprilutsky]

I tried that and it still failed:
tsp0001@ubuntu_pc:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade
sudo: unable to resolve host ubuntu_pc
Checking for a new ubuntu release
Done Upgrade tool signature
Done Upgrade tool
Done downloading
extracting 'lucid.tar.gz'
authenticate 'lucid.tar.gz' against 'lucid.tar.gz.gpg'
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names

Reading cache

Checking package manager

Can not upgrade

An upgrade from 'jaunty' to 'lucid' is not supported with this tool.

[coffeecat]

I tried that and it still failed:

Read my post #5 - the one just before yours. The link darkod posted warns you of this.

[sprilutsky]

Hi COFFEECAT,

Thanks for your responses - it worked. I now have upgraded to Karmic -9.10.

What should be my next step in the effort to upgrading to 12.04?

tsp0001@ubuntu_pc:~$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
Codename: karmic
tsp0001@ubuntu_pc:~$


Regards

[sprilutsky]

Actually, I figured out, upgrading to 10.04 now.

Thanks for your help

[oldos2er]

Once you have 10.04 installed, if you wish to you can go directly to 12.04 since they are both LTS releases.