Big problem with an update

[Ed Greshko]

Frank McCormick <beacon at videotron.ca> wrote:

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

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