RPM trouble in rescue mode

[billt-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org]

I have no idea what this means, but I do have some advise:

- test the rpm you are trying to install (rpm --test <package name>). This should give you that warm and fuzzy feeling that your rpm isn't pooched.

- the worst case scenerio what you may need to do is 'upgrade' your installation back to the original. This means put in the RedHat CD and choose to the upgrade path.

Hope I helped.

Bill

On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 01:37:38PM -0400, Neil Watson wrote:
> I'm trying to recover a broken system using Redhat's rescue mode (Redhat
> AS 4). I have the root file system mounted and I've chroot'ed. When
> trying to install some RPMs, up2date fails with 'exit status 255'. No
> further explaination is given.  I tried using rpm instead of up2date and
> I had the same error.  What does this mean and how to I fix it?
> 
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