On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 23:58 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote:
Sometimes when I attempt a YUM install, it will get to the point where it is looking for packages to install, and my hard drive will make a lot of noise, but there is no progress.
It's very likely your /var filesystem is filling up. I recommend a _bare_minimum_ of 4GB for /var these days.