Re: Upgrading Debian
On Sunday 13 September 2015 16:13:19 Patrick Bartek wrote:
> 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/1015314994166397
> >7/
>
> 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.
>
> B
He doesn't want to upgrade from one version to another. He just wants to do a
normal upgrade in Jessie, that because of where we are now, and when he last
upgraded, will take it from 8.1 to 8.2.
Lisi
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