Upgrade from 9.1 to 10.0

From: Thomas S. Atkins (tatkins_at_aug.com)
Date: 09/30/05 

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:17:23 -0400

All,
I have ordered 10.0 and am going to try an upgrade rather than a new
install. I am planning on coping all the home directories, including root,
to a CD. are there other directories I should back up?

TIA

Tom Atkins

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