On Saturday 06 January 2001 16:38, Marc Wilson wrote: > No, /etc/lilo.conf.old does NOT have a backup. It has a copy of a > configuration I was using months ago. More than likely I'd made a copy of > my configuration for some reason under that name, although I don't remember > doing it. I do recognize the configuration in that file as being an old > one, however. Does yours not overwrite a .old file if it finds one? Why > was a backup necessary in the first place? I wasn't asked if I wanted my
The following command is used: mv /etc/lilo.conf /etc/lilo.conf.old Unless some of the files were immutable then it should have been renamed. The shell was run with -e so if it couldn't be renamed then the entire process should have aborted. The only way I can imagine for you to have an old copy of your data in /etc/lilo.conf.old is if you had old data in /etc/lilo.conf ! -- http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/projects.html Projects I am working on http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
