Re: Update Debian 9 to 10
On Thu, Dec 09, 2021 at 01:12:15PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> Actually, the paragraph I referred to in §4.1.5, but did not quote,
> is missing from buster (but was in stretch):
>
> "4.1.5 Prepare a safe environment for the upgrade
>
> "The distribution upgrade should be done either locally from a
> textmode virtual console (or a directly connected serial terminal),
> or remotely via an ssh link."
>
> I don't use a DM of DE, so I just don't start X. I don't know the
> correct way for DEs etc.
Log out of the desktop environment. Then press Ctrl-Alt-F2 (or something
similar) to get to a virtual console, and do the upgrade there.
Stopping the Display Manager shouldn't be necessary. The reboot will
take care of restarting it anyway.
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