Guys, Of all days, today I began an 11.3 update on an i586 box. (7.3G in all). Due to the redirector problems, I have had ~100 bad checksum/corrupt packages. Many I could 'retry' and successfully download. The most important, (the kernel), I downloaded 7 times and never was able to get a good package, so I skipped it. I manually downloaded all kernel packages from a mirror and I have copied them to the box where the install is running, but it will not let me install them. I'm working on vt2 and have the kernel packages in /var/cache/zypp/packages/.../i586. When the install stuck on another bad checksum, I presumed that the rpm database wouldn't be locked and I tried to install the kernel packages via 'rpm -Uvh kernel*.rpm' but got errors instead of an install. The error is: error: cannot open Package index using db3 - no such file or directory (2) error: cannot open package database in /var/lib/rpm Huh? I suspect that I need to tell rpm where the current install rpm database is, but never being faces with an install where the kernel was corrupt, I haven't a clue how to proceed. What say the experts? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org