Prevented my upgrade from 8.04 to 9.10

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

During the upgrade I had to OK the fact that this would not upgrade. The eventual outcome was an unbootable system that I have had to put 8.04 back onto. I will now wait for 10.04 and download the iso. I am of the opinion that distribution upgrade is not the way to go, I tried once before to go from 6.06 to 8.04 and had similar failure (not flash).

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 18 20:06:54 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting configuration.
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1+really9.0.246.0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: hostname 2.6.24-25.63-generic
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+10.0.0.525ubuntu1~hardy1+really9.0.246.0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-25-generic i686