Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 17:22 -0600, Mike Johnston wrote: >> I upgraded from FC 4 to FC 5. >> When I do a 'yum update' it uses all the memory and eventually >> crashes. > > You don't say how much memory you have. Maybe you just don't have > enough to cope with resolving all the dependencies? Do programs crash because you don't have enough memory? I would have thought they would just hang. In any case, couldn't the OP just add more swap space? >> Is it better to just re-install FC 5? > > It depends... (on your skills, your needs, etc.). There's no easy > answer to that. If in fact the cause was shortage of memory, I don't see how re-installing FC-5 would help. Incidentally, doesn't the installation use yum? If yum crashed because of shortage of memory I would have thought it would do it then. If it were me, I would start by saying "yum clean all". But I am no yum expert. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
