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From: "Jay Rothschild" <jay@ais.net> Subject: Reinstalling user files Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Message-ID: <01bc646b$b7100550$32a19acf@jay> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 NNTP-Posting-Host: jay.netrti.net Date: 19 May 97 15:45:32 GMT Lines: 12 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!knews.uk0.vbc.net!vbcnet-gb!azure.xara.net!xara.net!hammer.uoregon.edu!ais.net!news3.ais.net!jay.netrti.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41239 I have a FreeBSD 2.2.1 machine that I want to upgrade to 2.2.2 because of the Adaptec driver. I would like advice on the procedure to copy files to another machine and then back so that the new install will have all my /home user files, passwd files, and /var/mail files (Ya, I know the whole world uses tape drives, I just hate tape drives, seems like the tape is never good when I need it, etc., and I have just had a lot better luck with replication of data.) If I copy the entire /home, /var/mail, /etc/passwd, /etc/master.passwd, and /etc/passwd.db to another machine and the copy them back onto the new install will that work?