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Re: Updating netcfg

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kyle Ferrio)
Mon Oct 21 19:00:41 1996

Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 16:12:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kyle Ferrio <kbf@phy.duke.edu>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199610211856.OAA10812@tristan.redhat.com>
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On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Michael K. Johnson wrote:

> 
> Kyle Ferrio writes:
> >For those who've yet to update netcfg, it may be worth noting that 
> >the interfaces "disappear" as a side effect -- not a big deal in the 
> >larger scheme.
> 
> In particular, the PPP and SLIP devices disappear, because we are
> using a new (read: incompatible) method to manage them.  Other
> device configurations should not be destroyed by the upgrade.

In my case, both ppp0 and lo were removed.  Should I be concerned about 
lo not showing up?  

Wondering,
Kyle


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