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Can't upgrade - network problem

Asked by nikhil

Hi,

I am a newbie and am trying to upgrade to 8.1 from (believe it or not) Feisty!
Anyhow, I get the same message as mentioned here (https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/50648) :

"A problem occurred during the update. This is usually some sort of a network problem, please check your network connection and retry.

Below this message there is a bunch of 'Failed to fetch http:/.......'

In ref to the above link I do all that is suggested but I do not follow the dialog after

" marcobra said on 2008-11-08:
Please confirm you are you using a proxy...?
Thank you"

I am not sure what I need to check about the network; what is a proxy? how do I check if I am using one? I am using a wireless connection at home and the internet is working fine.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Nikhil

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Florian Diesch (diesch) said : 		#1

Feisty has reached its end-of-life on October 19th, 2008 and has now been removed from the normal archives and mirror. The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 7.04 is via Ubuntu 7.10.
Instructions and caveats for the upgrade may be found at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GutsyUpgrades

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nikhil (nikhil17) said : 		#2

Thank you for your reply. I am trying to first upgrade to 7.10 and added the repositories mentioned in the link. But I get this message....

"Could not download all repository indexes

The repository might be no longer available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and the correct writing of the repository address in the preferences.

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz: 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz: 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/universe/source/Sources.gz: 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz: 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/main/source/Sources.gz: 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/multiverse/source/Sources.gz: 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/restricted/source/Sources.gz: 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz: 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/universe/source/Sources.gz: 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz: 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/multiverse/source/Sources.gz: 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.45 80]

Thanks.

--- On Fri, 1/16/09, Florian Diesch <email address hidden> wrote:
From: Florian Diesch <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #57624]: Can't upgrade - network problem
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 5:21 AM

Your question #57624 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/57624

    Status: Open => Answered

Florian Diesch proposed the following answer:
Feisty has reached its end-of-life on October 19th, 2008 and has now been
removed from the normal archives and mirror. The supported upgrade path from
Ubuntu 7.04 is via Ubuntu 7.10.
Instructions and caveats for the upgrade may be found at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GutsyUpgrades

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Florian Diesch (diesch) said : 		#3

Remove all references to http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/ as this doesn't exist anymore.

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

I have associated this question to "update-manager" package.

As additional tips, you can click on this launchpad page tabs:

- the "Answers" tab will allow you to see all already answered questions related to this package;
- the "Bugs" will allow you to see the known bugs related to this package.

This might helps you to solve your issue, by the way is a good starting point.

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nikhil (nikhil17) said : 		#5

Will try to do a clean install.

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nikhil (nikhil17) said : 		#6

Thanks......seems it may be best to do a fresh install from a live CD.

--- On Fri, 1/16/09, Florian Diesch <email address hidden> wrote:
From: Florian Diesch <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #57624]: Can't upgrade - network problem
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 8:04 PM

Your question #57624 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/57624

    Status: Open => Answered

Florian Diesch proposed the following answer:
Remove all references to http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty/
as this doesn't exist anymore.

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