Dist Upgrade

[NoOp]

On 11/02/2009 04:33 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 11/02/2009 03:59 PM, Emil Payne wrote:
>> Damn! The system is telling me that I am running Debian Linux 5.0.
>> 
>> Somehow the upgrade did this. How was that possible?
>> 
>> How the heck do I get back to Ubuntu with having to reinstall everything?
>> 
> 
> Nah. Somehow I reckon that _you_ somehow managed to do this :-)
> 
> Try the inplace reinstall that I pointed you to using the jaunty liveCD.
> If need be, feel free to contact me off list & I'll be happy to to help
> walk you through it.

Forgot to mention that, in addition to backing up your home data, also
backup your installed packages list so that you can easily re-install if
you do the inplace reinstall.

Via Synaptic:
<http://geekyninja.com/archives/clone-an-ubuntu-debian-based-system-using-synaptic-markings/>

Via CLI:
<http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-get-list-installed-software-reinstallation-restore.html>