/var/backups contains a lot of helpful automatic backups,
	you might want to save that :)

		David/absolute

 -=-  "I know its not the right thing, and I know its not the good thing"  -=-

On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Ed D. Wright wrote:

> 
> To:  Mac BSD
> From:  Ed Wright
> 
> A request for opinions.
> 
> My BSD hard drive acted up this weekend.  At first it failed to  
> start properly (may be due to the hot humid weather), but after a  
> few hours it functioned correctly.
> 
> So, what about backups?  Reinstalling BSD and all my work libs on a  
> new hard drive, should the old one die, does not bother me, but  
> what about config/passwd etc. files.  I copied master.passwd, and  
> xinitrc to another HD to ease a reinstallation.  What other similar  
> files should I backup?
> 
> As always,
> Ed Wright
>