> > so my question - how much in /etc were changed?
>
> Well, "all of it". Your old "/etc" is moved to "/etc.old". The new
> "/etc" will be pristine with the exception of the network setup, and
> that's only if you answered "yes" to sysinstall's quesion, "Are these
> the correct network settings...". You have to do diffs and merge all
> your changes by hand.
>
> How's that for not doing everything for you? ;-)
>
i will decompress new /etc to /etc.new and then move files after looking.