My Linux has been acting weird for a while... and it's finally gotten
hosed today (just the root partition, as far as I can tell, though).
It's incredibly annoying to use alpha/beta kernel modules...  at least I
think that's the source of the problem...  I guess I'll reinstall the root
partition.

But I'm not sure how I can install just the root partition.  'cause the
"install" option (on Mandrake) would try to *install* RPMs (as opposed to
*upgrade* RPMs) which may not work properly because there are existing
RPMs.  Which reminds me -- since the root partition is gone, the RPM
database is also gone, right? -- so what will happen if I try to
install/upgrade an RPM and there are existing files from the previous
install but not registered in the RPM database?

Thanks!

-Mark

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Mark K. Kim
http://www.cbreak.org/mark/
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