Frank McCormick <beacon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On 05/24/2013 11:23 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> Frank McCormick <beacon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> I was updating Fedora 19 tonight when my system crashed ( I suspect >>> it's >>> a memory error)....but anyway it >>> now **appears I have a lot of duplicate files on my system, at least >>> that what yum check all reports. >>> The crash happened after the updates had been installed I think >during >>> the verify stage. >>> >>> This is a partial list of what "yum check all" reports: >>> >> Try >> >> package-cleanup --dupes >> > > Yeah, that's what I found in the Fedora forums. So I tried it. Now >the partition won't boot. > >package-cleanup --dupes removed the dupes..at least it said it >was....but it also ran into a bunch of >files it said were zero-length...what it did about them I don't know. >Short version: the partition is now >unbootable. So I am back in Fedora 18...where I think I'll stay for a >while. I don't anticipate re-installing >19...at least not for a while. > The only comforting thing is that this same problem could happen no matter what version you're running. :-) Since F19 is beta it isn't a big deal IMHO. I've had similar things go wrong, disk problems, and getting it fixed took time and effort....but I was able to recover. -- Sent from my Android tablet with K-9 Mail. -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
