On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 09:36, Joe Nestlerode wrote: > Hello, > > I accidentaly deleted /var/lib/rpm. (Don't ask.) I am trying to > rebuild the rpm database so, hopefully, rpm will function normally once > again. But I get this error: > > root / >> rpm --rebuilddb > error: db4 error(16) from dbenv->remove: Device or resource busy > > I'm at a loss. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! > Sorry I missed this the first time through. cron writes a list of all packages to /var/log/rpmpkgs every day. if the list is still there (in one of the archived versions most likely) then you should be able to install the packages again with --justdb and get the db built again. If it is truly gone try the script Michael wrote : http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=redhat-list&m=104147270809492&w=2 have not done it but IIRC the guy who started the thread referenced above was quite pleased HTH Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
