On Sun, 6 Jun 2004, Crutcher Dunnavant wrote: > would this do it? > rpm -ivh --force kernel-???.rpm It should but if it is failing because of deps he should really add the deps to the command line. That way things are back to normal. > On 7 Jun 2004 01:26:59 -0000, sly <dsyc@xxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > >Assuming you are correct and it is really corrupt (I doubt it but I have been > > >wrong before). Boot into rescue mode and reinstall the kernel rpm. Your > > >backup is the original rpm you installed during the install. > > > > it is corrupted cuz i did it! :( i messed up! Oops!! Happens to the best of us. :-) > > >Boot into rescue mode > > >mount the cd with the original kernel rpm on it > > >rpm -ivh --replacepkgs kernel*.rpm should do it. > > > > it fails because of dependencies! I would suggest you add the deps to the command line. Something like rpm -ivh --replacepkgs kernel*.rpm dep1.rpm dep2.rpm etc. should do it. Using -- force might make the problem worse in the end. HTH, Tom
