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[David Rysdam]

On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:46:17 -0500, "Ken D'Ambrosio" <ken at jots.org> wrote:
> On 01/02/2012 03:02 PM, David Rysdam wrote:
> > I actually upgraded directly from Ubuntu 10.04 to Debian 6 with zero
> > problems. That is, I kept my /home (and dotfiles) and just replaced the
> > OS and had no issues other than having to install packages I want that
> > weren't installed by default.
> I'm very interested in hearing about how you completed that transition, 
> because I, too, intend to go down that road.  (I've already compiled my 
> kernel from kernel.org, and -- somewhat to my surprise -- I'm able to 
> get full system functionality with a completely free kernel.)
> 
> Did you just update your /etc/apt/sources.list file and do an "apt-get 
> dist-upgrade" or the like?

Oh sorry, I used "upgrade" in a more general sense, not in the sense of
some Debian/Ubuntu function. That might also work.

I moved my /home dir to a separate HD (that was a separate thing to get
more space, but also because I had One Big Partition). And did a
backup, obvs.

Then I just popped a Debian install CD and installed to the original
disk, completely wiping out Ubuntu. I originally intended to dual boot,
but resizing the partition was going to take forever and I didn't really
expect problems, so I Just Did It.