Re: rpm --root

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq nc rr com>]

Allen Wayne Best wrote:

> On Sunday 21 September 2003 14:10, Jeff Johnson pronounced:
>  
>
> > 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
> >    
>
> if i understand you correctly,
>
> mv /var/lib/rpm /var/lib/old.rpm (the entire directory!)
> install as if fresh install
> install the least necessary
> don't install a file system
> (this part i am not following you on... could you explain a bit more??)
>  

If you run mkfs on a partition, everything will be lost.

Not running mkfs will replace files from the minimal set of pkgs, 
leaving everything
else intact.

If you don't understand this, you're probably better off installing 
manually using --root.

That will work too, with fewer side effects and surprises.

73 de Jeff