Reinstalling on Redhat 3.0 Linux and what it takes

To reinstall on linux requires that the following items be removed from the machine to work.

/.java directory
/etc/.java directory
/root/.java directory
/root/InstallShield directory - Makes the install think that the broker is still there

/SAM
/IP
/AI

Just ask me how I know about these items. 8 hours of rework with support on the phone and 5 reinstalls later also an install of AI on a fedora box to find out that the InstallShield directory has to be removed.


ALSO big item. The running of bin items to install and upgrade the product will create rpm files for the system BUT all rpm names are 15-20 random digit-numbers with -5.1-1 release type info. NOT what the Linux community normally does. I would hope that future releases will identify the smarts products to ease the reinstall problem.

rpm names types used:
2793ecba5845b3eb0e74e46e15bdcb1e-6.5-1
7afd1356993ffdbafe4e9e02cf4ddc99-6.5-1
831ca5dfcdfc262766d50e009da01c2b-6.5-1
0347d3e1a2074c4996c026612aa61d98-6.5-1

and on and on.

Bob

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