Re: rpm from rescue CD

[Bob Tennent <rdtennent hotmail com>]

 >|>  error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/_db.000
 >|>
 >|> I've tried adding --dbpath /mnt/sysimage/var/lib/rpm but rpm isn't
 >|> recognizing that option.  What should I do?
 >|>
 >|Just a note certain options of rpm running in the installer
 >|environment do not work.

Thanks, but --dbpath wouldn't be a solution in any case (there is no rpm
database at /mnt/sysimage/var/lib/rpm); but just creating that directory
actually solves the transaction-lock problem.

Bob T.