Hi: I'd first start by reading the apt-get(8) and sources.list(5) manpages. then edit /etc/apt/sources.list according to your desired debian mirror location and the distribution that you would like to upgrade to. I tend to put lines in for stable and frozen and uncomment the ones I want at the time. Using a closer mirror than debian.org wil save on net traffic and probably result in better throughput. Once you have all this set, do: apt-get update This updates apt's list of available packages and dependancies. Then do: apt-get dist-upgrade This will upgrade your distribution. Note that new packages will only be installled if they are needed to satisfy dependancies. The process will let you know how much data will need to be fetched and will prompt you whether to continue. If you are disconnected during download, no worry, you can resume it later and apt will cope with it. Geoff.
