On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 10:14 -0400, David Campbell wrote: > Oh.. I forgot to mention that my rpm database on the server seems to be > corrupted and it refuses to install the current kernel and updates. (one > reason I want to upgrade from cd) Execute: # rm /var/lib/rpm __db.00? # rpm --initdb And optionally (as of RHL9+/RHEL3+) # rpm --rebuilddb BTW, Berkeley Sleepycat DB (which RPM uses) has a tendency to do that from time-to-time. It was worse early on when RPM 4.0 first came out (circa Red Hat Linux 8), but I rarely see it now days. -- Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The best things in life are NOT free - which is why life is easiest if you save all the bills until you can share them with the perfect woman