ASUS Eee PC 1215B Release April 2011
AMD E-350 dual-core 1.6 GHz
AMD Radeon HD 6310 graphics 1366x768
Ram DDR3
It is recommended to use shell, during upgrade, desktop environment may be restarting and causing screen lock.
To get into shell, after Desktop login menu appear, press Ctrl + Alt + F1. To turn back into Desktop press Ctrl + Alt + F7.
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list
#main
# 11 to 12
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free-firmware non-free
# 12 to 13
#deb https://deb.debian.org/debian trixie main contrib non-free-firmware non-free
#mirror auto
# 11 to 12
deb http://mirror.unair.ac.id/debian bookworm main contrib
# 12 to 13
#deb http://mirror.unair.ac.id/debian trixie main contrib
#security
# 11 to 12
deb https://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free-firmware non-free
# 12 to 13
#deb https://security.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security main contrib non-free-firmware non-free
#update
# 11 to 12
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free-firmware non-free
# 12 to 13
#deb https://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates main contrib non-free-firmware non-free
#backport
# 11 to 12
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main
# 12 to 13
#deb http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-backports main
As mention in Debian official website, you can not directly upgrade from Debian 11 to Debian 13. You need to upgrade it in sequence
Upgrade Debian 11 to Debian 12
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list, remove '#' any line containing bookworm and add '#' any line containing trixie.
- Update Repository
# apt-get update - Take full upgrade
# apt full-upgrade - Restart and perform clean up
# apt-get autoclean && apt-get autoremove -y
This toke 2 hours and 30 minutes.
This error occurred when we just perform apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs, make restart and upgrade to Debian 13
Preparing to unpack .../base-files_13.8_amd64.deb ...
******************************************************************************
*
* The base-files package cannot be installed because
* /bin is a directory, but should be a symbolic link.
*
* Please install the usrmerge package to convert this system to merged-/usr.
*
* For more information please read https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge.
*
******************************************************************************
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_13.8_amd64.deb
(--unpack):
new base-files package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit s
tatus 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_13.8_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Upgrade Debian 12 to Debian 13
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list, add '#' any line containing bookworm and remove '#' any line containing trixie.
- Update Repository
# apt-get update - Take full upgrade
# apt full-upgrade - Restart and perform clean up
# apt-get autoclean && apt-get autoremove -y
This toke 3 hours to upgrade 1.945 packages with size 1.388 MB.
Total hours are 5 hours and 30 minutes, with all applications upgraded to latest version.