Bug 6238 - Upgrade stupidly overwrites lilo.conf
Summary: Upgrade stupidly overwrites lilo.conf
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
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Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 6.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lawrence
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Reported: 1999-10-22 13:38 UTC by Neal D. Becker
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-10-22 16:33:24 UTC

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Description Neal D. Becker 1999-10-22 13:38:47 UTC 
upgrading from 6.0->6.1 overwrites lilo.conf without giving the victim an
opportunity to specify needed options, like linear.
Comment 1 Jay Turner 1999-10-22 16:20:59 UTC 
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 5576 ***
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-22 16:33:59 UTC 
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 5798 ***
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