YUM and RPM often freezes my computer

[b.j.smith at ieee.org (Bryan J. Smith)]

On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 23:58 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote:
> Sometimes when I attempt a YUM install, it will get to the point where 
> it is looking for packages to install, and my hard drive will make a lot 
> of noise, but there is no progress.

It's very likely your /var filesystem is filling up.
I recommend a _bare_minimum_ of 4GB for /var these days.


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