Big problem with an update

[Frank McCormick]

On 05/24/2013 11:35 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> 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.
>


   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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