[ILUG] Debian Etch -> squeeze ?? Possible??

[Harry Duncan]

On 4/22/12, Niall O Broin <niall.obroin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22 Apr 2012, at 08:02, Harry Duncan wrote:
>
>> Came on a debian etch server this weekend that I've been asked to
>> spruce up. I know that I can't directly upgrade it to squeeze, that
>> I'd have to upgrade to lenny first, but will that work? Are the
>> installation sources still valid for lenny now that it has been
>> shelved?
>
> archivedebian.org should do the trick, with a sources.list like this:
>
> deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/  lenny          main contrib non-free
>
> and indeed
>
> deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/  etch          main contrib non-free
>
> should even be usable to get the etch install up to date first.

Thanks Niall.... should do the trick nicely!

Harry.