Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3

["Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com>]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 07:03:01AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I am not upgrading in place.
> 
> I currently have Debian 9.13 installed on one partition with /home on a
> different partition.
> 
> I will install Debian 11.3 on a fresh partition and have /home remain on its
> current partition.
> 
> I'm aware of cautions about upgrading in-place  cf [https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html]
> 
> Are there things to be aware of when using the same /home partition on both?
> 
> TIA
> 

Hi Richard,

Are you intending to keep two or more systems running with shared home?

That will be significantly harder than separate home directories.

Upgrading in place should work - 9.13 -> 10.12 -> 11.3 is certainly feasible.
[Do 9 - 10 and then 10 - 11 reading both sets of release notes.]

All best, as ever,

Andy Cater

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