====== Upgrading Debian Etch to Lenny ======
===== Non-X Server =====
  aptitude update; aptitude dist-upgrade

Back up the contents of /home, /etc, /var/lib/dpkg, /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates and the output of dpkg --get-selections "*" (the quotes are important).

Edit /etc/apt/sources.list:

  deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
  deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ lenny main

  deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib
  deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib

==== Avoiding Grub Unable to Find Root Filesystem ====

  * Label the filesystem (the name must be < 16 characters) by running the command: e2label /dev/hda6 rootfilesys
  * Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and change the line:

    # kopt=root=/dev/hda6 ro
to
    # kopt=root=LABEL=rootfilesys ro

  * Update the kernel lines in menu.lst by running the command update-grub.
  * Edit /etc/fstab and change the line that mounts the / partition, e.g.:

    /dev/hda6     /     ext3  defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
to
    LABEL=rootfilesys     /     ext3  defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1

The change that matters here is the first column, you don't need to modify the other columns of this line. 

// Everything that follows should be from a local terminal as root: //

Record the session:

  script -t 2>~/upgrade-lenny.time -a ~/upgrade-lenny.script

Issue the following in sequence:

  aptitude update
  aptitude install aptitude
  aptitude search "?false"
  aptitude upgrade
  aptitude install libfam0
  aptitude dist-upgrade