Re: Upgrading Debian
On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
> I just want to make sure again. How can one upgrade from one version
> of Debian to other without losing data or without formatiing the
> partition, simply as Ubuntu does.
> An earlier mail in this mailing list stated to reboot from iso image
> and install in the same old traditional way.
> This Facebook post states something else, and I couldn't make sure
> what to do without bricking up my hard configured system.
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifewithdebian/permalink/10153149941663977/
I always found it best to follow Debian's instructions in the Release
Notes and/or Installation Instructions of the version you want to
upgrade to. AND back up your data before doing anything..
Many times, there's more involved than just simply apt-get update,
apt-get upgrade, etc.
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