Re: rpm --root

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq nc rr com>]

Allen Wayne Best wrote:

> hi all:
>
> can anyone affirm that 'rpm --root /mnt/sysimage' will do what i think the man 
> page is saying it will do: install the rpms in the system directories 
> starting at /mnt/sysimage  and not in the current /. 
>  

Yes, that's --root behavior.

> a rh9 installation went south, way south, after appling all the current rh9 
> updates. now is get a segmentation fault when i do a chroot /mnt/sysimage, 
> and get same when i try to boot the system. as by one on information, the 
> same was happening during ( and not before) the rpm -Fuh of the the updates.
>
> any input is greatly appreciated. i really don't want to hose the system 
> worse! :)
>  

Anaconda might be easiest. Rename /var/lib/rpm, and do minimal install, 
but don't remake a file system
on your existing partitions.  Once you're booted, replace /var/lib/rpm, 
and use -Va to figger what's
changed.

73 de Jeff