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On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 09:52, CARTER Anthony wrote:
> To everyone:
> 
> I am downloading latest ISOs and will re-install but without removing my
> current installation (just overwrite).
> 
> Anyone got any "gotchas" that I should know about or watch out for?

Main one I can think of, is if it's possible you should back up
/etc/master.passwd and /etc/groups.  I think these get clobbered on an
install and rebuilding them from scratch can range from being somewhat
annoying (only one user) to being a major pain (many users and groups).

Craig