Update Debian from 6.x To Infinity and Beyond
Install Debian 1.3
I got the image from: https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/older-contrib/1.3/
Install perl:
I can't get works network interfaces with Virt Manager.
Update 1.3 to 2.2
Obtain potato from: https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/older-contrib/2.2/
Mount cd and:
mount /dev/hdb /mnt cd /mnt dpkg -i upgrade/apt_0.3.19_i386.deb upgrade/dpkg_1.6.13_i386.deb mkdir /etc/rcS.d
I can't get works network interfaces with Virt Manager. So I will need configure /etc/apt/sources.list with only this lines:
deb file:///mnt/debian/ potato main
Update and upgrade:
apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade -f
Update 2.2 to 3.0
Update kernel to 2.2:
apt-get install kernel-image-2.2
Obtain woody from: https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/3.0_r6/i386/iso-cd/
Mount cd:
mount /dev/hdb /mnt
I can't get works network interfaces with Virt Manager. So I will need configure /etc/apt/sources.list with only this lines:
deb file:///mnt/debian/ woody main
Update and upgrade:
apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade update-modules-force apt-get dist-upgrade apt-get install apache
Update 3.0 to 3.1
Obtain sarge from: https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/3.0_r6/i386/iso-cd/ Mount cd:
mount /dev/hdb /mnt
I can't get works network interfaces with Virt Manager. So I will need configure /etc/apt/sources.list with only this lines:
deb file:///mnt/debian/ sarge main
Update and upgrade:
apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade
Install Debian 3
apt-get install libapache2-mod-php4 php4 mysql ssh
Update 3 to 4
Configure /etc/apt/sources.list with only this lines:
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ etch main
Now update:
apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade
You must reboot
Update 4 to 5
Update Kernel:
apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-6-686
You must reboot
Configure /etc/apt/sources.list with only this lines:
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
Now update:
apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade
You must reboot
Update 5 to 6
Configure /etc/apt/sources.list with only this lines:
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
Now update:
apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade
You must reboot
Update 6.x to 6.10
Configure /etc/apt/sources.list with only this lines:
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ squeeze contrib main non-free deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-lts contrib main non-free
Now update:
apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false update
If you have any weird packages, you must resolve manually the problem, fix it, and now:
apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false upgrade
If you can reboot.
6.10 to 7.x
Configure /etc/apt/sources.list with only this lines:
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ wheezy contrib main non-free
Now update:
apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade
You must reboot