Yum and Fedora 16

[Beartooth]

On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:08:10 +0100, suvayu ali wrote:
	[....]
> AFAIK, a live media cannot
> update or upgrade a system. It tries to copy the diskimage as is.

	That chimes with my experience. I unthinkingly did "yum update" 
while a machine was running a live medium, and it snarled it up royally. 

	Booting to Linux rescue didn't work, supergrubdisk didn't work, 
Recovery is Possible didn't work, etc. I finally grabbed the biggest 
hammer of all, DBAN. After running a whole day, that predicted it would 
take three weeks to finish. 

	I aborted DBAN with the power switch, and did a fresh install 
from DVD. It seems to be all right now, and I'm gradually pulling things 
back from my backup as they arise.

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Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Linux Power User
I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is.