On 08/11/2018 03:20 PM, don fisher wrote:
I have ordered a new PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD to build a new system on. No std hard drives in this system. The SSD is not due to arrive for a week or so. I would be anxious to try the walk thru you suggest at that time. I am not against the RPM database concept. I just did not realize it was used to keep track of installed versions etc. I once asked on this list for documentation describing the system architecture and did not receive any relevant responses. RPM originally stood for Red Hat Package Manager. I started under Red Hat and did not realize RPM was critical to opensuse. I would gladly have used the rpm --erase if I had known it was relevant. It is certainly easier than deleting all of the files in /boot and repairing the links.
Thanks, and please have patience.
Don
If there is any confusion YUM is "Yellowdog Update Manager" which is used on many distribution beyond Yellowdog Linux.... All Linux distribution (with a few tiny exceptions) use a package manager to keep the all files installed on the system under a management system that provides dependency checking, version tracking, and conflict protection across all files installed on a system. When you willy-nilly add or remove files from your system without using the package manager, you destroy the ability for the package manager to validate the set of files installed on your system will actually run as intended. Once you get to the point where the package manager can no longer do it's job, the solution is simply to *reformat* and *reinstall*. A basic reformat and reinstall takes no longer than a regular install. You could install, break, reinstall a dozen times a day if you were really ambitious. If there is any questions in your mind about what RPM does or how to use it, go read Learn Linux, 101: RPM and YUM package management http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-lpic1-102-5/ An Introduction to Package Management http://ftp.rpm.org/max-rpm/ch-intro-to-rpm.html YaST Software Management https://en.opensuse.org/YaST_Software_Management Package management https://en.opensuse.org/Package_management -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org