[TriLUG] Debian Upgrade

[Brian Grawburg via TriLUG]

I'm ready to upgrade my system to Debian 9.2.1 and would like some guidance.

I know that simply installing over the existing system is a bad idea and so I must wipe my HDD clean and start fresh. It's all my data that I hate trying to figure out how to keep and restore. Although I do backup important stuff there is lots of material I'd hate to loose but wouldn't jump off of the building if I lost it. One thought is to put in a temporary slave unit and transfer everything to it then move it back when I've got the new OS installed. 





Oh, I'm thinking of putting Debian 9.0 Cinnamon (32-bit) on a PC for a non-Linux user here were I work instead of the full Debian 9. Good idea?





Thanks,

Brian Grawburg

Wilson




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