After a power cut my machine cannot boot

[dwoody5654]

On 09/09/2015 01:58 PM, Paul Smith 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
Can you copy /lib64/libidn.so.11 from another computer via network 
connection or flash drive?

David