Upgrade Debian: Etch to Lenny

Add new public key

gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys  9AA38DCD55BE302B
gpg --armor --export 9AA38DCD55BE302B | sudo apt-key add -

Update packages

1) Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and replace "etch" to "lenny"

2) Do the upgrade

aptitude update
aptitude install dpkg aptitude apt
aptitude full-upgrade

Configuration files:

• Except special configurations overwrite /etc/securetty

Problems

Generated by the upgrade

salsauth not starting

salsauth not staring because now require run directory

courier-imap-ssl pop3-ssl SSl version

courier-imap-ssl does not work with fetchmail because of SSL version issue

Comment out the following lines

imapd-ssl

#TLS_PROTOCOL=TLS1
#TLS_STARTTLS_PROTOCOL=TLS1

pop3d-ssl

#TLS_PROTOCOL=SSL3
#TLS_STARTTLS_PROTOCOL=TLS1

MoinMoin stop working

MoinMoin stop working (http error 500)

Trac stop working

Trac stop working

Default language for new lists in MailMan

Mailman switch default language english

Kernel and Hypervisor not updated

Xen kernel not upgraded / Hypervisor not upgraded too

Notes for Xen users

My way:

DomUs

foreach DomU in DomUs do {

Upgrade DomU

aptitude update
aptitude install dpkg aptitude apt
aptitude full-upgrade

Install kernel modules

aptitude install linux-modules-2.6.26-2-xen-686

Install udev

aptitude install udev

Configure serial console

In /etc/inittab, change:

1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1

to:

1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 hvc0

Shutdown

init 0

}

Dom0

Upgrade Dom0

aptitude update
aptitude install dpkg aptitude apt
aptitude full-upgrade

Install xen kernel and hypervisor

aptitude install xen-linux-system-2.6.26-2-xen-686
aptitude install xen-hypervisor-3.2-1-i386

Change kernel and initrd for all DomUs

replace in each DomU config file /etc/xen/*.cfg

kernel      = '/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-xen-686'
ramdisk     = '/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-xen-686'

Reboot

init 6