Allen Weiner wrote: > I'm trying to use the Update Manager to upgrade from Ubuntu 7.10 (GG) to > Ubuntu 8.04 (HH). > > The Update Manager halts in the stage "Setting new software channels", > displaying the following message: > > Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release > Unable to find expected entry partner/binary-i386/Packages in > Meta-index file (malformed Release file?) > > I did a Google search on: Ubuntu "failed to fetch" upgrade. Several > forum replies ask the OP to post the contents of > "/etc/apt/sources.list". I don't have a "etc/apt/sources.list". The > subdirectories I have for "etc/apt" are "gpg" and "sources.list.d". > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > > Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys > Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) > Aug 6 - Zenos > Sep 3 - TBD > > Sounds like the step that's hanging you up is when the /etc/apt/sources.list file get's cleaned. That file needs to be re-set to it's original state, so clean out any lines you may have added ( just put a # at the start of the line you want to comment out )
Here is an old version of the file that I found: deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted ##Universe deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy universe deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates universe ## Multiverse deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy multiverse deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates multiverse ## Backports deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse ## Canonical Partner Repository deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security multiverse ## PLF REPOSITORY (Unsupported. May contain illegal packages. Use at own risk.) deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ gutsy free non-free Hope that helps Joe Apuzzo Gnu_Joe _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) Aug 6 - Zenos Sep 3 - TBD
