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Re: Well, now I've really done it. [Was: Installation problems]

On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 05:47:56PM -0400, David A. Cobb wrote:
>DJ Delorie wrote:
>> 
>> > Yup, did that.  In fact, I deleted the whole /etc/setup tree, saving
>> > only the things like /etc/passwd that I didn't want to recreate.
>> 
>> You only need to delete /etc/setup/installed.db
>
>Too late now.

You probably should search your entire disk for an "installed.db" file.
If your root mount is screwed up somwhow, then it could be somewhere strange.

cgf

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