Re: Upgrading Debian
On Monday 14 September 2015 05:00:01 Patrick Bartek wrote:
> 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.
> > >
> > > 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?
I know. It took me a while to work out what he actually wanted with all the
drama. ;-) People who come from Ubuntu don't understand about point
releases. Since I don't know Ubuntu, I don't know what it is that they are
thinking of.
Lisi
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