[YLUG] Upgrading best-practice

[Steve Almond]

Hi all,

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



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Yours,


     Steve Almond

    Web-Development


Steve at SilkAndSlug.com
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