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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 09:06 AM
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Debian Linux Experience?

I have a server running Debian 4 (Etch). I need to upgrade to Debian 5 (Lenny) and not the latest version (Debian 6, aka Squeeze) for software comparability reasons (long story, can provide details if necessary).

What is the best way to approach doing this. I believe if I simply do an "apt-get dist-upgrade", I'll jump to Squeeze. Do not want to do that.

Here's what our sources.list file currently looks like:

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deb http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/debian/ etch main
deb-src http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/debian/ etch main

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main
Can I simply change "etch" to "lenny" and do an "apt-get upgrade"? Or is there a way to do "apt-get dist-upgrade" and specify to only upgrade to Lenny?

Hoping Azine has some insight!
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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 10:23 AM
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Can you download the full distribution of Lenny and then run an upgrade from the ISO/CD/etc?
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 09:17 AM
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That might be a possibility. However, if what I'm finding is correct, I can do what I said.

I do have an identically configured server that serves as this server's "backup", so I could try it on that server first and see what happens. That's actually a good idea...why didn't I think of this yesterday!
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