Upgrade from 19.04 EOL

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I got away some time and couldn't update my 19.04 Ubuntu in time. Now I'm stuck on 19.04 and can't find a way to update to any working version.

I fixed the apt update so it can still work (using older repos), but I can't go any further.

I tried :

upgrading from this guide
this one too (can't get to 19.10 with dist-upgrade)
and with the do-release-upgrade (see below)

Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Your Ubuntu release is not supported anymore.
For upgrade information, please visit:
http://www.ubuntu.com/releaseendoflife
Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [1 554 B]

Get:2 Upgrade tool [1 342 kB]

Fetched 1 344 kB in 0s (0 B/s)

authenticate 'focal.tar.gz' against 'focal.tar.gz.gpg' 
extracting 'focal.tar.gz'
Reading cache
Checking package manager
Can not upgrade
An upgrade from 'disco' to 'focal' is not supported with this tool.

I'm kinda stuck and out of ideas, and I can't really do a clean install, I don't really want to loose some of my things that are a bit hard to backup

Does this answer your question? Can I skip over releases when upgrading? and How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release? — karel, Sep 10 '20 at 12:41
Your only choice is clean install to 20.04. And it shouldn't be a disaster if you save your /home directory. Also backup your /etc directory, in case you need to look at old system settings after the clean installation. — FedKad, Sep 10 '20 at 12:42
I looked both links, couldn't get it to work... I guess I'll have to do a backup and fresh install — SamuelRousseaux, Sep 10 '20 at 13:01

Upgrade from 19.04 EOL

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