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Upgrade Debian lenny to squeeze

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This upgrade from lenny to squeeze is not more complexer then the update from etch to lenny.
If you read everything carefully your server will run after upgrade too:)

Before you go on please read the official Debian release notes:

Recording your session:

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

First you should update your running system:

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aptitude update && aptitude dist-upgrade

Check the package state:

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dpkg --audit

It will show any packages which have a status of Half-Installed or Failed-Config, and those with any error status.

If you had a kernel upgrade please reboot. After successfully updates replace the sources from lenny to squeeze:
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Firefox start in offline mode?

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If you have this problem you know how frustrating it can be. Every time you start Firefox it wants to start in offline mode. To get around this you have to go to the File menu and uncheck the Work Offline box. And all your open tabs takes a lot of time to load :(

open the about:config window (you will most likely have to click the check box promising you’ll be careful using this configuration page), and do a search for the string:

toolkit.networkmanager

This string should have a true value

FreeBSD install VIM

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Currently FreeBSD has only a old version of vi. I like vim as it is a highly configurable text editor and efficient one. And I prefer to work only with it.

How install it:

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pkg_add -r -v vim-lite

Example; install MC

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pkg_add -r -v mc

TFTP Server

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Install a simple tftp Server under Debian 5 codename Lenny:

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aptitude install atftpd

Should the server be started by inetd?
On the question answer with NO, it should run as a daemon and not as inetd service:

Choose a base directory for your data.

Test tftp-server:

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tftp 192.168.10.2