<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Adam Tong <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adam.tongu@gmail.com" target="_blank">adam.tongu@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>I want to upgrade from 12.10 and here is what I get when I run sudo apt-get update: <br><br>Ign <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal InRelease<br>Ign <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal Release.gpg                                                          <br>Ign <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal Release                                                              <br>Hit <a href="http://archive.canonical.com" target="_blank">http://archive.canonical.com</a> quantal InRelease                                                         <br>Ign <a href="http://extras.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://extras.ubuntu.com</a> quantal InRelease <br>Hit <a href="http://extras.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://extras.ubuntu.com</a> quantal Release.gpg                        <br>Hit <a href="http://archive.canonical.com" target="_blank">http://archive.canonical.com</a> quantal/partner Sources<br>Hit <a href="http://extras.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://extras.ubuntu.com</a> quantal Release   <br>Hit <a href="http://archive.canonical.com" target="_blank">http://archive.canonical.com</a> quantal/partner i386 Packages        <br>Hit <a href="http://extras.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://extras.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/main Sources<br>Hit <a href="http://extras.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://extras.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/main i386 Packages<br>Ign <a href="http://archive.canonical.com" target="_blank">http://archive.canonical.com</a> quantal/partner Translation-en_CA   <br>Ign <a href="http://archive.canonical.com" target="_blank">http://archive.canonical.com</a> quantal/partner Translation-en      <br>Ign <a href="http://extras.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://extras.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/main Translation-en_CA<br>Ign <a href="http://extras.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://extras.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/main Translation-en<br>Err <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/restricted Sources<br>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br>Err <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/main Sources<br>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br>Err <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/multiverse Sources<br>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br>Err <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/universe Sources<br>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br>Err <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/main i386 Packages<br>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br>Err <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/restricted i386 Packages<br>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br>Err <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/universe i386 Packages<br>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br>Err <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/multiverse i386 Packages<br>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br>Ign <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/main Translation-en_CA<br>Ign <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/main Translation-en<br>Ign <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/multiverse Translation-en_CA<br>Ign <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/multiverse Translation-en<br>Ign <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/restricted Translation-en_CA<br>Ign <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/restricted Translation-en<br>Ign <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/universe Translation-en_CA<br>Ign <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com</a> quantal/universe Translation-en<br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/restricted/source/Sources" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/restricted/source/Sources</a>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br><br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/source/Sources" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/source/Sources</a>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br><br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/multiverse/source/Sources" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/multiverse/source/Sources</a>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br><br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/universe/source/Sources" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/universe/source/Sources</a>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br><br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/binary-i386/Packages" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/binary-i386/Packages</a>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br><br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/restricted/binary-i386/Packages" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/restricted/binary-i386/Packages</a>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br><br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/universe/binary-i386/Packages" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/universe/binary-i386/Packages</a>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br><br>W: Failed to fetch <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages" target="_blank">http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages</a>  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.24 80]<br><br>E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.<br><br></div>How can I solve this?<br><div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Sometime after support gets dropped, old releases get moved to <a href="http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/">http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/</a> </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">If you dig around that site you will find the urls of the old-releases repositories, and you can probably update your apt definitions to point to them.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">HOWEVER before you start, consider the only officially supported upgrade path would be 12.10 to 13.04, then to upgrade 13.04 to 13.10, then to upgrade 13.10 to 14.04. That would take you to the next LTS release. Each upgrade is likely to take hours, and for the archived releases you will probably have to manually edit your apt configurations.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">(If you had stayed with 12.04 LTS, the next supported LTS upgrade is 14.04, because Ubuntu supports upgrading directly from LTS to subsequent LTS releases.)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I would recommend you consider creating a complete backup of your entire system and then simply doing a fresh install from an iso image to a currently supported release, such as Ubuntu "Trusty," 14.04 LTS. (You can run the installer from a USB stick or from a CD or DVD.) When you run the installer, it should see the existing installation and offer to preserve your user files. Unlike the "regular" upgrade process, however, the installer does NOT attempt to preserve unsupported software or any system configurations, so you will have to install any unusual software packages on your own and plan to re configure everything.</div></div>