Here's my predicament: my machine's floppy disk drive doesn't work
anymore, and I don't have a cdrom to boot off of. 

// Erik Huizing   huizing@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
// www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~huizing

On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Brian A. Seklecki wrote:

> 
> sysinst will take care of all of that for you.  just do a full backup
> before you upgrade.
> 
> --Brian
> 
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Erik Huizing wrote:
> 
> > Can I just back up my /etc, untar the .tgz files, and restore /etc as
> > necessary?  How much has changed in the binaries like base.tgz?
> >
> > Would I be able to get away with just untarring the new kernel and
> > rebooting?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > // Erik Huizing huizing@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
> > // www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~huizing
> >
> >
> >
> 
> --Brian
> 
>  ----
> 
> "GNU/Linux: About as stable as the elements at the bottom of the periodic
> table"
> 
>