Re: Upgrading Debian
On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> 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.
Oh. But that's what he said. Others seemed to misunderstand, too. In
any case, if he had read the instructions . . .
What is it with people and instructions?
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