upgrade from karmic to lucid interrupted now cant update

Can you give the output of:

sudo apt-get update; lsb_release -a

Thanks

Before you go any further, please make sure any data you require is safely backed up. You may well have an unstabler system.

comes up with a box an error occurred.
W: failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu,com'

W:Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ub/dists/karmic/i18n/tTranslation-en_US could not resolve archive.ubuntu .com
and various others

came up with W: Some index files failed to download , they have been ignored , or old ones used instead. No LSB modules are available Dist ID Ubuntu Desc Ubuntu 9.10 release 9.10 karmic

Lucid is a very out of date version now. Precise Pangolin - 12.04 is current. Why not download the current live-DVD and try it before attempting to upgrade or install?

I'd go for a clean install too. if you grab the Lucid alternate ISO, you can mount it then run the upgrader that way and get to Lucid. You can then even upgrade to Precise if you desire but a clean install of Precise may be the way to go.

I have unchecked all karmic upgrades and changed the http canonical from karmic to lucid but still has unresolved issues

I downloaded and burned a cd but computer doesnt want to know about it 12.04 ??

I have Ubuntu 12.04-desktop-i386.iso on pen drive and the rest on cd but the cd wont autorun

You need to boot from the CD, not try and run it from within Ubuntu. Make sure your backups are up to date.

tried that still not booting from cd

Excuse me , but am a bit confuse .. lemme git this right :

You have a bootable Ubuntu 12.04 USB stick .. what do you mean by " the rest on cd " do you mean your backup!

to boot the usb either change the boot order from BIOS or hit an F9-12 key .. depends on you machine the BIOS screen should point to you which F-key for boot order .. then select USB , that will boot straight to the LiveCD .

if you wanna upgrade , change back your source list to karmic to upgrade > lucid.

also , make sure the release type from Update-Manager > Settings .. and see if its se to normal release , then check and install all available updates before upgrading .

On 13/05/12 09:21, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #197024 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/197024
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Can you give the output of:
>
> sudo apt-get update; lsb_release -a
>
> Thanks
>
Dear actionparsnip

thanks so much for your help. I have just run an upgrade from cd. so now
am in process of learning how to drive again. I also downloaded clam AV
but doesn't seem to have GUI I don't know if its working or not or how
to even set it up. are there any anti spyware anti malware programs for
Ubuntu especially for Firefox.
again thanks so much yours sincerely Rob.

Thanks Sary Muhammad, that solved my question.