On Fri, 13 Mar 2015 05:24:13 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I tried to yum update this computer and got the following error: > > One of the configured repositories failed (Fedora 21 - x86_64), > and yum doesn't have enough cached data to continue. At this point the > only > safe thing yum can do is fail. There are a few ways to work "fix" this: > ............. > Insufficient space in download directory /var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/fedora > * free 0 > * needed 100 k > ............. > > It suggests such things as: > > 3. Disable the repository, so yum won't use it by default. Yum will then > just ignore the repository until you permanently enable it > again or use > --enablerepo for temporary usage: > > yum-config-manager --disable fedora > ............. > > [root@bobgASRockServer bobg]# du -h /var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/fedora > 4.0K /var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/fedora/gen > 4.0K /var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/fedora/packages > 12K /var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/fedora > > [root@bobgASRockServer bobg]# du -h /var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/ > 4.0K /var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/fedora/gen > 4.0K /var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/fedora/packages > 12K /var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/fedora > 4.0K /var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/updates/gen > 40K /var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/updates/packages > 48K /var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/updates > 68K /var/cache/yum/x86_64/21/ > > > It doesn't look like there are any large files? I don't understand > what's going on here. two other F-21 computers updated normally. You forgot to show how much free space there _is_. Then, after you've done that, run "yum clean metadata" and retry. Also check the directory access permission bits -- just in case. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org