Bruce Platt wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/root-export# rpm --initdb --root /home/root-export > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > > Now, never having seen rpm actually used in such a way, and examining the > rpm man page, I figured that this would create a new rpm database in > /home/root-export. Instead I got the error displayed above.
usually viper/anaconda does that behind the scenes for you.. > I then used this as an opportunity to install 3.0 on another box. The above > four steps worked fine, and I wound up with a "skeleton" system in > /home/root-export. Later in the Wiki post Morten suggests "chroot > /home/root-export" then some more package installs. This did not work as the > swup installs failed due to failed dependency checks for various pam modules > and various components of glibc. I was surprised that the command swup that is fixed by rpm --rebuilddb from the chroot environment - as the article now states.. > --root /home/root-export --install swup bash-static vim put alsmost an > entire system in the /home/root-export tree. that's the idea :) a shell, an editor and swup is basically all you need to start setting up a TSL box .. those three packages need a whole shitload of other stuff.. just take a look here: http://84.234.141.4/base.png > So, I am still scratching my head over this and some other aspects of my not > being able to get my embedded system to recognize TSL, even though the > pxeboot works fine and the custom bzImage I created transfers to the > embedded box bit does not execute. you lost me in the last part there.. pxeboot works, but bzImage doesn't? what errors did you get? > I will provide more information as I work through all this. Please do.. also feel free to edit the wiki if you catch something.. > Regards to all and thanks for being a great community. we try :) -- Morten _______________________________________________ tsl-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss
