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. B
