just to be clear ( as I am a virtual newbie when it comes to command line functions ) I went in to a terminal as root and typed "aptitude update && aptitude dist-upgrade"
a window popped up and text went so fast that I don't know exactly what happened, this is what was written:
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Beta i386 NETINST Binary-1 20070317-20:46] etch Release.gpg
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Beta i386 NETINST Binary-1 20070317-20:46] etch Release
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Beta i386 NETINST Binary-1 20070317-20:46] etch/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Beta i386 NETINST Binary-1 20070317-20:46] etch/main Packages/DiffIndex
Get:1
http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg [189B]
Hit
http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release
Get:2
http://ftp.debian.org etch Release.gpg [378B]
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http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex
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http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
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http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit
http://ftp.debian.org etch Release
Ign
http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Sources/DiffIndex
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http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages
Ign
http://ftp.debian.org etch/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit
http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages
Ign
http://ftp.debian.org etch/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit
http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources
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http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Sources
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http://ftp.debian.org etch/main Packages
Hit
http://ftp.debian.org etch/main Sources
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Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
Building tag database... Done
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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does this mean that I am current?