>>Is it OK to boot a 1.5.2 i386 machine off the 1.6 installation floppies, 
>>and do an "upgrade" as offered by sysinst, or should I install from 
> 
> 
> Yes, it should work

Will it preserve configuration settings, like /etc contents, cron job 
tables, package database and such? I just want to avoid restoring those 
from backups, if possible...

mortee