Re: FC7 to FC8 Upgrade - fc8 needs 8KB ?

[Jim Duda <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Using the incremental approach seems to be working.  I've doing glibc, 
now a*, working my way up.

Thanks,

Jim

Jim Cornette wrote:
> Jim Duda wrote:
> > I'm trying to upgrade from FC7 to FC8 via Yum.
> >
> > After dependencies are resolved and download occurs, the update 
> > starts, but fails with these messages:
> >
> >   installing package fedora-release-8-5 needs 8KB on the / filesystem
> >   installing package perl-XML-SAX-0.16-2.fc8 needs 8KB on the / 
> > filesystem
> >   installing package xorg-x11-drv-tek4957-1.1.0-4.fc8 needs 8KB on the 
> > / filesystem
> >   installing package foomatic-3.0.2-53.fc8 needs 8KB on the / filesystem
> >   installing package libgpg-error-1.5-6 needs 8KB on the / filesystem
> >   installing package iksemel-1.3-2.fc8 needs 8KB on the / filesystem
> >   installing package perl-XML-LibXML-Common-0.13-9 needs 8KB on the / 
> > filesystem
> >   installing package glx-utils-7.0.2-3.fc8 needs 8KB on the / filesystem
> >   installing package rpm-python-4.4.2.2-7.fc8 needs 8KB on the / 
> > filesystem
> >
> > Error Summary
> > -------------
> >
> > Can anyone explain what needs 8KB on / filesystem means?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jim
>
> Since upgrading all at once is limited by the amount of disk space 
> available in /var/cache/yum you might try to do incremental updates 
> starting with glibc and allowing it to pull in deps for the lib. 
> Afterward you might update certain packages in a certain alphabet like 
> yum -y upgrade "[a-d]*" and similar ranging.
>
> You could make /var/cache/yum a larger drive depending on how your 
> partitions are setup. The incremental upgrade is the best approach. Also 
> upgrading in a real virtual terminal rather than a terminal within the 
> GUI is safer. If X crashes during a major upgrade you are i for a real 
> mess cleaning up the system.
>
> Jim

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