[CentOS] YUM and RPM often freezes my computer
Bryan J. Smith
b.j.smith at ieee.org
Sat Aug 20 15:04:46 UTC 2005
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.
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