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[rear@xxxxxxxxxx (Bob)]

On Thu, 08 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> * Edwin O. Erdman <erdmaned@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > FWIW I tried Linuxconfig on my SuSE 6.3 system and Linuxconfig brok my
> > system to the point that I had to re-install!! Be careful!!!
> > Ed
> 
> Broken to the point that a reinstall was required? That sounds like the
> windows solution. Are you sure that a reinstall was required, and if so,
> why? What did it break? 

I didn't have to reinstall, but I did have to find a way to remove
all traces of linuxconf, which required using the rescue disk
function. I can't recall the exact error messages, but the system
would not boot after I tried using linuxconf. This was on 6.2, I
think, but maybe 6.3.

 --  Bob Rea

        Freedom is only privilege extended
                unless enjoyed by one and all
                --Billy Bragg

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