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

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