On Sunday 13 September 2015 16:13:19 Patrick Bartek wrote: > 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/1015314994166397 > >7/ > > 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
He doesn't want to upgrade from one version to another. He just wants to do a normal upgrade in Jessie, that because of where we are now, and when he last upgraded, will take it from 8.1 to 8.2. Lisi
