Re: Upgrading from Lenny to Squeeze - Howto?
On Jul 21, 2010, at 4:23 AM, Paul Chany wrote:
> Jochen Schulz <ml@well-adjusted.de> writes:
>
>> Paul Chany:
>>>
>>> I decide today that I'm going to upgrade my Debian GNU/Linux Lenny
>>> to Squeeze.
>>>
>>> I try to search on debian.org site for an exact howto for this, but
>>> find nothing. Mayhep I don't know how to search effectively?
>>
>> The keyword you need to look for is "release notes". You will find
>> this page:
>>
>> http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/releasenotes
>>
>> That means there is no official howto yet. As an approximation, you
>> might replace "squeeze" with "lenny" in the URL above to look for
>> lenny's release notes.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Moreover, I decide to migrate my 32-bit Debian GNU/Linux Lenny
> installation to 64-bit one (i386 to x86_64). I'm going to use this
> howto: http://wiki.debian.org/Migrate32To64Bit
Just make sure you dd the entire drive over to a backup drive before you try to migrate, unless it's trivial to just start over in the event of a major failure (which can always happen.)
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