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Re: Upgrading Debian

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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/10153149941663977/

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.

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  Re: Upgrading Debian Jarle Aase <jgaa@jgaa.com> - 2015-09-13 10:20 +0200
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    Re: Upgrading Debian Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-09-14 15:10 +0200
      Re: Upgrading Debian Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 15:20 +0200
  Re: Upgrading Debian Diogene Laerce <me_buss777@yahoo.fr> - 2015-09-13 10:20 +0200
  Re: Upgrading Debian Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-09-13 12:50 +0200
  Re: Upgrading Debian Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2015-09-13 17:20 +0200
    Re: Upgrading Debian Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-09-13 18:10 +0200
      Re: Upgrading Debian Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 06:10 +0200
        Re: Upgrading Debian Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 11:40 +0200
          Re: Upgrading Debian Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 18:20 +0200
          Re: Upgrading Debian Seeker <seeker5528@comcast.net> - 2015-09-15 08:40 +0200
  Re: Upgrading Debian David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-09-14 16:50 +0200

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