Lyvim Xaphir wrote: >On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 21:36, robin wrote: > >>Whenever I rpm or urpmi something, I get the following message: >> >>rpmdb: read: 0x4014b274, 4096: Input/output error >>rpmdb: Hash bucket 428 maps to non-hash page 518 >>error: db3 error(-30985) from db->verify: DB_VERIFY_BAD: Database >>verification failed >> >>I assume my database is corrupt, but how do I fix it (I tried rpm >>--rebuilddb to no avail)? >> >>Sir Robin >> > >Robin, I searched thru my personal archives here and dug this up just >for you. Someone posted the URL to this text a while back and I took >the time to commit the content of the web page to the hard drive. > Thanks, I'll try this when I get some non-critical time (i.e. nothing currently running, no urgent work-related tasks). Things have actually got worse since my last post, as Software Manager is refusing to install anything - I get the "insert CD" message, insert the CD, then get the same message again (though that could be a different problem).
Sir Robin
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