Linux Harbour

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (Lenny) becomes stable version on Valentine Day. We upgraded old stable 4.0 Etch server remotely and successfully.

Summary of upgrading procedures:

1. Update list of apt sources to Lenny release.
2. Use aptitude to update local list of available packages.
3. Use aptitude to upgrade apt, dpkg and aptitude first.
4. Use UUID insteads of old IDE device names to identify root filesystem for grub and filesystem table.
5. Use aptitude to do full upgrade.
6. Reboot the system.
7. Use aptitude to do package upgrades if any.