On 05/24/2013 11:35 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
Frank McCormick <beacon(a)videotron.ca> wrote:
> On 05/24/2013 11:23 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> Frank McCormick <beacon(a)videotron.ca> 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.
Yeah maybe I'll reinstall when 19 is released, Or maybe not.
Thanks anyway for the suggestion - it seems it's about the only thing
that could be done
under the circumstances
--
--Cheers--