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From: gregg@cyrix.com (Greg Grohoski)
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Subject: "preservation" install
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Are there any plans to offer a "preservation" install?
By this I mean an install which overwrites only system files
(/usr/sbin, /usr/src/..., ...) and endeavors to leave
configuration (/etc/sysconfig, ...) and user-level 
data/directories (/home, ...) alone?

AIX had such an option, and, it actually worked a
fair percentage of the time.  As freebsd becomes more
mature I would think such an option would save a
lot of people a lot of time.

thanks,

greg