[TriLUG] Upgrade Debian 7 to 8

[Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG]

I did a jump from wheezy to jessie when jessie was the testing distro via
an upgrade in place and it went well enough despite the systemd change.
Any change in major release though could always involve some problem so
backup, backup, backup still stands.

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 1:21 AM, Ric Moore via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> On 09/08/2016 03:49 PM, Grawburg via TriLUG wrote:
>
>> I understand I can, with care, upgrade my Debian 7 to 8 (Jessie)
>> without a totally new install. My question is simple: Am I asking for
>> trouble doing it this way instead of doing a fresh install on a new
>> HD?
>>
>
>
> There is a great likelihood that it will end in tears. There is the jump
> to systemd to consider. It blew up on me, but my installs don't stay
> "stock" for long! So, I'd have a freshly pressed install DVD  handy just in
> case. Then you can do as you darn well please. :) Ric
>
>
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