I have removed all the /var/lib/rpm/_db* files and attempted to reinitialize the database with the same error. David Tibbals College of Veterinary Medicine VMP Bioinformatics M/S-7040 509-335-8606 Pullman, WA 99164 -----Original Message----- From: Dave Tibbals Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 12:47 PM To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RPM errors Hi All, My system hung during package removal. After regaining control the rpm database appears to be corrupted. I am receiving the following error while attempting to do rpm --rebuilddb, "error: db4 error(16) from dbenv->remove: Device or resource busy". Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks David T -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list