New instalation, old distribution, antique machine

[Nils Kassube]

Dave Burrows wrote:
> We've tried everything we know to do to upgrade Ubuntu (Ubuntu 6.06
> LTS - the Dapper Drake) on this HP Omnibook without success.
> 
> 
> 1. Upgrade Tool - New distribution release '8.04.1 LTS is available.
> 
>         Getting upgrade prerequisites failed

The problem is that the dapper repositories are no longer available at 
the servers known to the dapper distribution. You could change your 
/etc/apt/sources.list and point it to the server old-releases.ubuntu.com 
instead of archive.ubuntu.com. The entries would then look like this:

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main

BUT it would certainly take quite a long time to upgrade to a current 
release. It would be Dapper -> Hardy -> Lucid. OTOH, if your CD isn't 
working, this is probably the only way. Anyway, I would suggest to make 
a backup of all your valuable data before you try the upgrade. Some 
people have trouble with online-upgrades ...

> 2. From CD - seems CD-ROM isn't functioning; dusted w/ canned air.
> Same results.

Two ideas:
1. You could burn the CD with lowest possible speed - sometimes that 
helps.
2. Did you try to clean the lens of the laser? I don't know if it is 
accessible, but if it is, you could try to clean it with some denatured 
alcohol.


Nils