Upgrading from CS2 'Premium' to Photoshop CS5

I have CS2 Premium and find that I have no use for much of the suite's products, though I use Photoshop quite a bit. I would like to upgrade to the new Photoshop CS5 and was wondering if I can do this from CS2 Premium? All I see in the "upgrade from" choices are Photoshop CS4 Extended, Photoshop CS3 Extended, or Photoshop CS4, CS3, and CS2.
So I don't know what to choose if I can even choose any of these upgrade paths.
Anyone know?

You cannot upgrade individual suite components.
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