Can yum resume??

[David]

On 10/23/2013 2:54 AM, Javier Perez wrote:
> I agree with Joe. Some of the best learning opportunities come with the
> system is fubar :) For as long as you have another one that is working
> and the one system down is not critical, it is real fun finding out if
> you can actually resurrect it.
> Some of the best lessons I have learned have been with systems like
> that, and they have come handy in my professional life.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us
> <mailto:joe at zeff.us>> wrote:
> 
>     On 10/22/2013 10:21 PM, David wrote:
> 
>         Retired and on the couch does not equate with 'need my machine'. *If
>         you* have enough time to play games for days, or weeks, help
>         yourself.
> 
> 
>     It also helps, of course, that I also have a laptop running Fedora
>     and I always upgrade it first.  My desktop only gets upgraded after
>     I'm sure that the laptop's working properly.
> 
> 
>         Me? I take the 'short path' and solve the problem. Your choice.
> 
> 
>     Naturally.  I wouldn't even consider trying that on a production
>     machine, or even a workstation in a Linux shop.  That's why I made a
>     point of stating that I'm retired and have the time, so that nobody
>     would think I was suggesting that trying to recover from a failed
>     upgrade is the right move for anybody else.


As I said to Joe... Some users are that. Users. Not everyone wants to be
the repairman. Or the student.


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  David