On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 11:40:41PM -0400, Sean Davis wrote: > I've got a Debian Woody system that's been running decently for over a month > now, and would like to update it to Sarge. I know it's been covered before, > but is there an authoritative document on updating? I can only access the > box remotely - it's hosted at the datacenter at which I work, and I don't > typically have time to mess with it at work, although I could hook up a > monitor/keyboard if I hosed it badly enough - so I'm wondering if there is > a procedure known to work on remote servers without much trouble. >
Yes. The standard procedure is known to work on remote servers, except you should have a plan B, if there is a problem. Maybe wait a few hours/days to be let others who aren't doing it remotely discover whatever bugs are still there. The dist-upgrade does NOT mess with the kernel, so you should be OK. The standard is (I like aptitude): 1) edit sources.list to point to sarge rather than woody. 2) aptitude update 3) aptitude dist-upgrade 4) wait for a time that depends on the size of your pipe 5) answer config messages HTH -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
