sting sting said: > Hello , > Thnxs everybody ! > Well , I had tried to follow Chris Purcel FAQ (in Tek Tips) , as he > advised in his post; > I did start linux rescue from RH CD #1 , I did say "yes" to mount the > filesystem, (and > ***NOT*** chose the "read only' option). > and erased glibc rpms ; but when > I tried to install the first glibc rpm by > rpm -Uvh /mnt/sources/RedHat/RPMS/glibc-2.3.2-5.i386.rpm --nodeps > > I got the follwoing error: > error: > unpacking of archive failed on file /lib/i686: cpio: mkdir failed - read > only file system > > > > I really hasn't a clue from where does this "read only file system" > error stems. > > So Still i cannot boot my RH 9 ; > what shall I do ? > > regards, > qwejohn@xxxxxxxxxxx Try using the --root option. rpm -Uvh /mnt/sources/RedHat/RPMS/glibc-2.3.2-5.i386.rpm --nodeps --root /mnt/sysimage ..or, type 'chroot /mnt/sysimage' before you install the glibc RPMs. Let me know how it goes. Chris -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
