<br />On Mon, June 7, 2010 10:28 pm, Steve Almond wrote:<br />> Hi
all,<br />> <br />> I'm almost embarrassed to mention it, as it
sounds horribly un-techie,<br />> but my current Linux-based problem is
regards upgrading. More<br />> specifically, I want to upgrade a
headless server from Ubuntu 10.4 on<br />> two partitions (/ and /home)
to Debian (or Ubuntu 10.10 or whatever) on<br />> at least two
partitions. I've looked at it a couple of times, but my<br />> research
only gets so far before it bogs down in partitioning scheme<br />>
dogma, upgrading verses installing, worries about upgrading config
files<br />> while keeping settings, etc.<br />> I'd appreciate
a pointer towards a reasonably-definitive<br />> guide/source of info,
if such a thing exists. If anyone else has a<br />> similar question,
then maybe it might also be an topic for a technical<br />> session -
not that I can attend on Mondays in term-time, but it's not<br />> just
about me!<br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> --<br />>
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