====== Upgrade debian etch to lenny ======

1. Edit sources.list
  sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
and change all words etch to lenny, or stable to testing (vim: '':s/etch/lenny/g'')

2. Update and upgrade
  sudo aptitude update
  sudo aptitude install apt dpkg aptitude
  sudo aptitude full-upgrade

that is all, this also work if you want to go from lenny to sid, just change your sources.list accordingly.

It is also better if you start your Debian Linux in text mode, so GDM or KDM could be restarted without problems.

After the upgrade:
  * If you run bastille, see here to fix a problem that may come up: http://www.epr.ch/brb/wiki/blog/running_bastille_on_debian_lenny

Ref: http://www.go2linux.org/upgrading-debian


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