@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ class Installer(object):

         os.environ["RPMROOT"] = self.rpm_path

         rpm_params = rpm_params + ' --force '

         rpm_params = rpm_params + ' --root ' + self.photon_root

+        rpm_params = rpm_params + ' --dbpath /var/lib/rpm '

         if ('type' in self.install_config and (self.install_config['type'] in ['micro', 'minimal'])) or self.install_config['iso_system']:

             rpm_params = rpm_params + ' --excludedocs '

@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ rm -rf ${BUILDROOT}/LOGS

 #Remove our rpm database as it fills up the ramdisk

 rm -rf ${BUILDROOT}/home/*

+rm -rf ${BUILDROOT}/var/lib/rpm

 # TODO: mbassiouny, Find a clean way to do that

 for i in `ls ${BUILDROOT}/usr/share/`; do

 	if [ $i != 'terminfo' -a $i != 'cracklib' -a $i != 'grub' ]; then

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ cd ${BUILDROOT} || fail "${PRGNAME}: Change directory: ${BUILDROOT}: FAILURE"

 mkdir -p LOGS

 RPMPKG="$(find RPMS -name 'filesystem-[0-9]*.rpm' -print)"

 [ -z ${RPMPKG} ] && fail "	Filesystem rpm package missing: Can not continue"

-run_command "	Installing filesystem" "rpm -Uvh --nodeps --root ${BUILDROOT} ${RPMPKG}" "LOGS/filesystem.completed"

+run_command "	Installing filesystem" "rpm -Uvh --nodeps --root ${BUILDROOT} --dbpath /var/lib/rpm ${RPMPKG}" "LOGS/filesystem.completed"

 # 	Ommited in the filesystem.spec file - not needed for booting

 [ -e ${BUILDROOT}/dev/console ]	|| mknod -m 600 ${BUILDROOT}/dev/console c 5 1