using 9.04 trying to install 16.04

Question

I have been trying to install 16.04 for two long days now. I need help. I dont really know what im doing since 9.04 is unsupported. I want to install 16.04 however I tried mounting the ISO and nothing happens.

EDIT: I installed rufus 2.9 and an error occured while loading the archive. I have a USB I could use, but I can't get a software to work properly.

EDIT #2: "Disk Image Writer" does not come up. I tried other options that seemed similar but all had an "error". If it helps I installed this ubuntu 9.04 from a CD. I do not have any other blank CDs but I do have a 64GB flash drive.

Answer 1

As update from 9.04 to 16.04 is not supported and you don't have any other blank DVD available, the only way is to do a clean install from usb. In my opinion the easiest way is to download the latest startup disk creator from launchpad because you will probably get errors if you use unetbooin in your old os.

• So download and install the packages usb-creator-common and usb-creator-gtk (amd64 or i386 depending or your architecture) from this link under the section Binary packages: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/usb-creator

Let me know if you have any package dependencies errors. If not, you should be able to create your live ubuntu usb and do a clean install.