On 05/24/2013 11:35 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
Frank McCormick <beacon@videotron.ca> wrote:

On 05/24/2013 11:23 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
Frank McCormick <beacon@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

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--Cheers--