is this a server or a workstation? you should probably try cleaning out various cache files you may have sitting around, a 2GB drive (sadly) doesn't give you alot of room to play around with in a modern distribution. [duncan@atom Cache]$ pwd /home/duncan/.mozilla/default/1dky1wp0.slt/Cache [duncan@atom Cache]$ du -sh . 34M . that'll free up some space, if you try that... i have a script that i run every morning and at least once a day that cleans out this dir... rm -fv ~/.mozilla/default/*/Cache/* it sounds like you may need to do some spring cleaning, or hunting for packages you never use to clean up that last bit of space. -d have you tried to install these upgrades by hand? and MAKE SURE you install the one appropriate to your archetecture with glibc (i386/i686/etc), otherwise you'll hose your machine. -d ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thiers Botelho" <thiers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 10:11:42 -0300 To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: yum update of glibc needs space that's already there > Hi Duncan, > > [for shortness - following broken thread under > http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-April/msg00686.html ] > > > On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 07:51:34 -0500 "duncan brown" <duncanbrown email com> > suggested: > > |... you should clean out your yum cache and try this again > > |[root atom yum]# yum clean > |[ snip ] > |Cleaning packages and old headers > [root atom yum]# > > > Well, I hadn't mentioned it for simplicity's sake. But my update procedure > is (ALWAYS): > > ================================================== > df -m > yum clean > df -m > yum update xyz* *** 2 or 3 packages at a time > df -m > yum clean > df -m > ================================================== > > > On this particular case I also ran command block below (pasted and adapted > from /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch ) > > ================================================== > /usr/sbin/tmpwatch 120 /tmp > /usr/sbin/tmpwatch 120 /var/tmp > for d in /var/{cache/man,catman}/{cat?,X11R6/cat?,local/cat?}; do > if [ -d "$d" ]; then > /usr/sbin/tmpwatch -f 120 $d > fi > done > ================================================== > > > And noticed no difference whatsoever under 'df -m' . :(( > > Thiers > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > +( duncan brown +( duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxx +( http://www.linuxadvocate.net she's crashing her car in an intersection she did not see the light she's walking round and round in a shopping mall as if she had no sight dreams are only clouds that form and dissipate the sky is a highway for metal birds and land is real estate she does not understand her world depends upon a history of lies she walks right by all her old high school friends for she has dollar signs in her eyes - the dead milkmen, "dollar signs in her eyes"
