Upgrading to debian5
I noticed on linode blog that debian5 was out.
Also I have quickly browsed the upgrade instructions from debian4.
However the upgrade instructions seem pretty involved and I am short of time. What's the quickest way of upgrading? Would it be to backup and do a fresh install? I haven't customised my linode at all. Just a web server and a database - standard LAMP setup so minimal backup.
Would appreciate your input.
Many thanks.
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If you want to learn, however, read the release notes and do it yourself. It's not so bad, it can be boiled down to:
1. change sources.list
2. apt-get update
3. apt-get install apt aptitude
4. apt-get dist-upgrade
5. repeat 4 til no more updates