best way to migration etch to lenny

[francky_35]

hello all

actually my Debian is still in Etch stable version.

What is the best way to migrate to stable lenny version

My understanding was :

replacing Etch links in sources.list with Lenny links
perform aptitude update & aptitude safe ugrape .

tks for your help

regards

[devils casper]

Thats a correct way to upgrade Debian or any other Debian based distro. Make sure to backup data first.

Debian is a very stable distro and new version is released in long intervals and after verifying everything. I am not a upgrade fan and prefer to go for fresh install instead of upgrade.