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RE: How do I upgrade from Lenny to Squeeze?



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>---- Original Message ----
>From: jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: RE: How do I upgrade from Lenny to Squeeze?
>Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:51:30 -0600
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>>I realize that this is a dumb question, but I've never upgraded a
>Linux distro before - I've only made fresh installations.  (My excuse
>is that a fresh installation forces me to properly back up my
>personal files, something that I'd have to do anyway with an upgrade
>as a precaution.)  
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>>This isn't an option for Debian Squeeze, as I'm trying to set up an
>old computer (1 GHz processor, 256 MB of RAM) as a firewall/server
>with a minimal Debian installation.  Debian Squeeze would NOT install
>on this computer, but I had no problems installing Debian Lenny.
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>>Is upgrading from Lenny to Squeeze this a simple "apt-get update",
>"apt-get upgrade" and "apt-get dist-upgrade" or is there more I need
>to do?
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>>Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com>
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As I am sure many will tell you, Debian produces a good set of
release notes for each upgrade.  Rather that paraphrase here I think
we all suggest you start there.
Larry
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