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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Carl Reaburn wrote:

> > BL1:  Slackware 3.5 kernels/modules   Slackware 3.5 packages
> > BL2:  Slackware 7.1 kernels/modules   Slackware 7.1 packages
> > BL3   Slackware 7.1 kernels/modules   Slackware 4.0 packages
> >
> > With BL3 I went back to the old libraries (libc5) because
> > they are significantly smaller/faster.  Slackware 4.0 was
> > the last Slackware to use libc5.  The next Slackware (7.0)
> > used glibc2.
>
> I did use slackware 7.1, bugger!  Now how the hell am I going to get it all 
> out again?  I don't suppose there is an uninstall?


If you have the tcpip2.tgz on your computer go to the directory where it 
is located and type d, which invokes links (, arrow down to the file, 
Enter 
key, and it will show you the contents of the file and where the pieces 
landed, which you can remove by hand from your installation.

When you install the Slackware 4.0 package, you can just pick out the 
pieces you want and manually copy them to where you want (but you may need 
to create symlinks as well).  You can do ldd

> Do I use slackware 7.1 or 4 for the kernel?  I used 7.1 and matched the 
> package to the kernel.
Same kernel in both.
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