On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 06:23:49AM -0500, Bob Tennent wrote: > Using rpm on a Knoppix live CD to re-install packages on a FC4 system > without a working ld, the following occurs: > > rpm -U --replacepkgs --root /mnt/hda6/ --noscripts glibc* > rpmdb: /mnt/hda6/var/lib/rpm/Packages: unsupported hash version: 8 > rpm: To install rpm packages on Debian systems, use alien. See README.Debian. > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22) > error: cannot open Packages database in /mnt/hda6/var/lib/rpm > > I should explain that this is happening a few thousand miles away from me > in my daughter's residence. > > Am I right that the rpm on the Knoppix CD isn't compatible with the FC4 > database? > > It's possible a FC4 install CD could be found or downloaded but would > > rpm --root /mnt/hda6/ --rebuilddb > > be a feasible alternative? I'm concerned that, even if the system is > resurrected, rpm wouldn't work on it. In desperate cases, rpm2cpio package | (cd /mnt/hda6 && cpio -id). -- lfr 0/0 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
