On 2018-03-20, Tauno Voipio wrote:

> On 20.3.18 17:27, ray carter wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you very much! It's more involved than I expected, but it's also a
>>> more drastic upgrade than I was looking for. Seems like the best
>>> approach is to save /home on usb flash and attempt the upgrade. If it
>>> flops, then do a clean install and restore /home.
>>>
>>> At this point the pi account is locked on my machine, will that
>>> interfere with upgrading? Seemed to me that the pi account is rather
>>> integral to the system, sort of like root on *bsd.
>>>
>>> Thanks for reading,
>>>
>>> bob prohaska
>>
>> The major downside (as I see it) of going with a new install is that you
>> loose whatever additional packages you may have installed over time - so
>> you need to add them again.
>
>
> You can save the package selections and import them to the new
> installation. See .
> Direct upgrade from Jessie to Stretch is hairy and prone to fail.

Well, you also have to identify & update any customized config files.
I keep a list of the /etc files that I've modified, but I can't swear
I haven't missed any out.

You also need to add the user accounts to a clean install with the
right id numbers if you're using an external drive.


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