On 23/09/04, at 07:52 -0400, Martin Duclos <martin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi guys! > > I was playing around on a new system with the files in the /var/lib/rpm > directory because my disk got full and somehow that corrupted my rpm > database. I moved the directory so to have a backup in case things got > ugly. Well, the did! And when I tried to recover that directory to it's > original name, I screwed up. I deleted the backup directory and moved > the newly created useless one. Now I can't use the rpm utility anymore. > Is there a way to recover the contents of this directory? (or is my only > option to wipe the machine clean and re-install?) I would much prefer > having a way to recover without re-installing! One of my friends had this problem before. I once posted in the RH Mailing list and I got a cool program from Michael Fratoni to restore everything. 1. Quickly save the file /var/log/rpmpkgs before it disappears 2. Read the thread http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/RedHat/2003-09/1158.html 3. Get this program: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/hacks/recover_rpm_db.sh and recover the whole thing. It will help you toreinstall all your programs from scratch without you losing your whole harddisk. Hope this helps. With kind regards, Didier. --- Didier F.B Casse | PhD student | Singapore Synchrotron light Source (SSLS) Email: didierbe AT sps dot nus dot sg | Web: http://ssls.nus.edu.sg GPG Key 1024D/B3C57D01 2004-06-23 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
