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From: "Benedykt" <kb2qzv@poczta.wp.pl>
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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 15:36:39 +0200
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Subject: Re: fresh install and yet unoperable
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On 13 Oct 2003 at 8:49, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:


>It looks like the postinstall script for the base-files package wasn't run
>correctly...

I tried to Reinstall the postinstall and base-files package but the scripts refuse to 
overwrite an existing configuration. So what is the solution now?

Is there a switch with which I can force the setupe.exe program to do a fresh install of 
the base-files package?

thanks.
Benedict


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