Debian Sarge to Lenny upgrade
Friday, February 6th, 2009This morning I have upgraded a non-production but important server from Debian Sarge to Debian Lenny. Figuring it was about time that I did the upgrade I took some advice that Lenny is very stable and could buy me a longer support period by skipping Etch altogether. Time will tell.
This post itemises the steps I went through for posterity and prosperity if I ever need to refer to them again. I’m writing this up from my notes so it is possible that I’ve missed something; if you do attempt a similar upgrade yourself and something turns up, please feel free to suggest it in the comments.
I started by reading (skimming) the release notes for Lenny on upgrading, which are currently in draft as it is in testing. In the future Lenny will obviously become the release version so that URL will become invalid. If you’re upgrading I suggest you to the same; furthermore if you’re upgrading from Sarge read over the Etch release notes for upgrading too. My process is based on and pretty much identical to the process described therein.