On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 13:22 -0400, Robin Mordasiewicz wrote: > On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 13:02 -0400, Robin Mordasiewicz wrote: > >> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Dave Gutteridge wrote: > >> > >>>> I've had this exact same problem, and I uninstalled yum reinstalled it > >>>> and it work for a day and then back to the same. I've also had it > >>>> working temporarily by doing a yum clean-all then yum makecache. But > >>>> next day it went back to doing the same old hang up. I'm not sure if > >>>> this is a yum problem or a centos problem. > >>>> > >>> > >>> I was having this exact issue recently. Or at least, Yum was hanging at the > >>> same stage as what you describe. > >>> > >>> It was recommended to me on this list to do the following: > >>> > >>> cd /var/lib/rpm > >>> rm __db.00* > >>> rpm --rebuilddb > >>> > >>> This seems to have cleared up the problem for me. It might work for you. > >> > >> Are you running x86_64 ? > >> Or is anyone here running x86_64 CentOS 4 and having success with yum > >> update ? > > > > I run x86_64 with no problems ... > > What kind of install is it, Workstation or Server? > > After the upgrade where RPM is upgraded, it is actually a good idea to > > rebuild the database. > > The machine I use to autobuild all updates is an x86_64 machine that > > runs with 6 chroots. > > The install was a kickstart install with mostly defaults. I dont think you > can specify server/desktop variations in the kickstart, and I dont know if > that would make a difference, other than default package selection ? > Just wondering if you are installing a bunch of i386 stuff (Open Office, etc., or mostly just x86_64 stuff) It shouldn't matter, you should be able to install packages and upgrade all the items with no issues. > I did a default install from the DVD and it should not make the mahcine > useless to run "yum update" > That is true ... useless machines are not part of our goals :) > I would like to figure out what it is that is broken. I am not an expert > in this field, and having troubles narrowing it down. > Ok, this sounds like some kind of driver issue with SATA. What kernel are you running (uname -r)? What kind of machine (model of motherboard and/or machine)? Do you have the latest BIOS update for the motherboard and the SATA controller. Is the controller for the hard drive(s) built onto the motherboard or is it a separate controller? Are you running RAID or LVM2 (or both)? > It is definitely not faulty hardware, although it could be hardware > incompatibilities, but CentOS-3 worked perfectly fine. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050822/aa275429/attachment-0004.sig>