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Asked: 2009-12-15 15:20:12 +0800 CST

CentOS RPM database trashed, "rpm --rebuilddb" won't fix, can I recover using /var/lib/rpm/ from a 2nd, identical server?

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My RPM database is shot, neither rpm or yum works. Supposedly "rpm --rebuilddb" will fix it, but it doesn't in my case. This server has three sister servers that are basically identical, and have working RPM databases. I tried copying /var/lib/rpm/ from working server to the sick one, but that didn't fix it. Any ideas of how I can use good server's rpm to fix the sick one?

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3 Answers

  1. Try removing /var/lib/rpm/__db.* before doing an rpm --rebuilddb.

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  2. That didn't work for me. After some googling, I tried this:

    rm /dev/urandom mknod -m 644 /dev/urandom c 1 9

    After that, rpm --rebuilddb did work. Unfortunately, I don't know what happened to my /dev/uraqndom. :(

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  3. rm /dev/urandom ;mknod -m 644 /dev/urandom c 1 9

    works for me as well

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