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Old 03-18-2010
failsafe removing packages
hey
i need to remove a package has my system will not boot up now.
when i go into failsafe and mount the root onto /a

if i run pkgrm -R /a SUNWvolu it says it does no exist, i een tried to pkginfo -R /a to see if i could see any packages, but it no packages are returned.

as failsafe is only a ram disk image, how do i make pkgrm to look on the root device.
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Old 03-18-2010
You probably have a separate /var Filesystem. If so, you have to mount that too (under /a/var). The information about installed packages resides in the /var filesystem.
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