[WBEL-users] RPM database lost :(

Rex Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu
Fri, 17 Dec 2004 08:38:34 -0600


Mário Gamito wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> After a reboot, all i had inside /var vanished. Yes, simply disapeared!!!
> 
> Well, i've managed to setup things again, except to things:
> 
> 1. The RPM database:
> I've already erased ___db*; rpm --rebuilddb; rpm --initdb; no way, zero.
> Always reapear those ___db* files.
> Is there another method of building my RPM database from start ?

You did right, now you need to populate the rpm database by 
(re)installing rpms and/or careful use of
rpm --justdb

-- Rex