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Subject: Backup the basics of the system.
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Joshua Isom writes:

>  I'm about to downgrade from -CURRENT to 6-STABLE, and since I
>  can't seem do it in place without screwing around with a lot of
>  stuff, I might need to reinstall completely.  But which
>  configuration files are the ones I need to backup the most?

	My gut reaction would be to copy (recursively) /etc.



				Robert Huff