On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 05:30:39PM +0100, Dave Huggins wrote: > Hello, > > I'm currently trying to install Fedora1 by using yum to upgrade from > RedHat9. Unfortunately it claims I need around 500MB more free space on > my /usr partition. I assume this is because its upgrading before > uninstalling the old rpms. Can I change this behaviour so that the > upgrade works? Any other options? Sounds like a small hard drive (by modern standards, anyway). Have you considered using the upgrade path on the floppy/CD-ROMs? Can you symlink the directory you need in /usr to another partition temporarily? Even a removable media drive would work in a pinch. You may also be able to upgrade incrementally: yum update a* etc. Don't reboot in the process, and accept all the dependencies as you go. I did that on an elderly machine here and it worked. See my "Yum Repository Notes" at http://www.charlescurley.com/yum.html. In any case, back yourself up throughly first. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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