Ubuntu 9.04 update to something newer

[Liam Proven]

On 5 September 2013 14:02, sandman42 at libero.it <sandman42 at libero.it> wrote:
> Hi Liam,
>
>>----Messaggio originale----
>>Da: lproven at gmail.com
>>Data: 05/09/2013 14.58
>
>>Can you find an Alternate CD image? That allowed offline upgrading.
>
> Do you mean search for an Alternate CD Image of the newer version (say 10.04
> or 12.04) and with this CD trying an upgrade?????
>
> Thanks and ciao

I think from your previous message that you know this, but just to be sure:

You can only go from normal releases to the next one.

So: 9.04 -> 9.10
9.10 -> 10.04

10.04 was a Long Term Support release; you can go from one of these to
the next LTS directly.

8.04 -> 10.04
10.04 -> 12.04

Next year: 12.04 -> 14.04

To get from now-unsupported ordinary releases, you will need:

* A 9.10 alternate CD ISO image (_not_ the ordinary liveCD)
* A 10.04 alternate CD ISO image (_not_ the ordinary liveCD)

Use the 9.10 ISO. Mount it in your hypervisor's virtual CD drive. Use
it to upgrade a copy of the VM.

Reboot the VM. If you can, connect to the archive.ubuntu.com
repositories and update it.

Then repeat the process again with the 10.04 ISO.

This /should/ give you a working 10.04 VM. You could stay there - I
think 10.04 is still supported for servers - or update it direct to
12.04.


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