Francesco, in order to move to 4.0 you just have to make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list points to stable or etch which is current stable release (a symbolic link to).
This is a line of mine deb http://debian.fastweb.it/debian/ stable main contrib You can also run netselect-apt stable it will fetch and test the nearest mirrors for the stable release, and write a sources.list for you in current directory. You can safely replace your /etc/apt/sources.list with it, so you will be on stable/etch. running apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade, no new package will be installed from scratch exept for meeting dependencies, so GNOME won't be replaced by KDE and so on.. You can also run apt-get dist-upgrade. cheers raffaele 2007/4/25, Francesco Pietra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hope those who know will not be hurt by these naive questions in face of the extensive instructions on Debian website. I'm using i386 and amd64 etch. Now want to move to 4.0 etch, though I can't do that immediately because the amd64 machine is computing, while the i386 machine is ssh linked to the amd64 machine, collecting and analyzing data. That will last for at least three weeks more from now. Once ready, what should I do (besides backing up what is already indicated), in particular as to the repositories? Unfortunately I have to administer a complex system without having the formation of an administrator. Thanks for guidelines that, may be, will also serve for other naive guys. francesco pietra __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
