Hi Carsten, try this: 1. install package rpm-3.0.5 from last rh-6.2 updates 2. then install package rpm-4.0.4 this may will be OK, because rpm-3.0.5 know rpm-4 packages format. Try read this, but I'm afraid you will not understand: http://www.linux.cz/lists/archive/linux/101281.html good luck Dave > Please Ralf, could you help me here. > I did the same as Pete describe below, and I got the same result. > When I tried "rpm --rebuilddb" it fails because it couldn't find some libraries. > The rpm-tarball contains a statically linked rpm binary, but rpmdb is dynamically > linked, could you please provide me with a statically linked rpmdb binary, that would > be great. > > > Did you managed to get through the installation of the RedHat 7.0 packages ? > > > I would like to do something similar. > > > > > > > Has anyone tried installing 7.0 that's on oss.sgi.com? The problem I'm > > > > > > > running into is that after I netboot and mount simple-0.2b as the root > > > > > > > fs, and install the rpm-4.0 tarball, rpm doesn't work with the > > > > > > > libraries, or lack of, of that root fs. It looks like I need an fs with > > > > > > > a working rpm-4.0, so that I can mount my second disk somewhere and > > > > > > > install the 7.0 packages. Any suggestions? > > > > > > Yes, > > > > > > If you download rpm-3.0 (I'm not sure, try get newer version) you'll should > > > > > > be able to work with rpm 4 packages. -- ------------------------------------------------------- David "Dave" Jez Brno, CZ, Europe E-mail: dave.jez@seznam.cz PGP key: finger xjezda00@fest.stud.fee.vutbr.cz ---------=[ ~EOF ]=------------------------------------
