After a power cut my machine cannot boot

[Pete Travis]

On Sep 9, 2015 1:58 PM, "Paul Smith" <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote:
> >>
> >> on a F21 machine, there occured a power cut. And now I cannot boot the
> >> machine, and when I use the rescue mode and try to run again
> >>
> >> yum update
> >
> >
> > I know I'm coming in late, and judging from other replies this probably
> > won't work, but have you tried yum-complete-transaction?  I'd suggest
using
> > --skip-broken, but that only checks for certain errors in the files
rather
> > than doing what the name implies.
> >
> > Going off-topic for a moment, and presuming that dnf acts the same way
(I
> > don't, as yet, have a box using it.) should there be a bugzilla either
> > complaining that the switch doesn't actually do what it says (e.g.,
skipping
> > to the next package if this one is broken instead of only being able to
pull
> > it out of the transaction if the signature (I think it is.) doesn't
match.)
> > or requesting that it be renamed to something more appropriate, with the
> > current switch being left as an alias for the correct one to keep
scripts
> > from breaking.  I'm neutral on the subject, although I'd prefer that
> > something be done to keep people from wasting time trying in cases
where it
> > doesn't apply.
>
> Thanks, Joe. I have just tried
>
> yum-complete-transaction
>
> but with no success: the error message ("/lib64/libidn.so.11: file too
short").
>
> Paul
> --
>

Fix whatever is dropping you into rescue mode, *then* do package updates.
One problem at a time, or you will get lost in the overlap.

--Pete
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