I was using yum to update packages a few nights ago on one of my servers. The update of rpm packages appeared to die. Since then, commands like 'yum check-update' will consume the system. This is a dual-core Pentium-D, with X64 (and I'm running 64 bit). One CPU pegs at 100% running yum, but whatever it's doing on disk really is the bigger issue. It so consumes the disk subsystem as everything else grinds to a halt and the system becomes unusable (likely swapping itself silly). I'd really like to get this resovled and apply errata. What I need to know is where to start looking. I've tried a 'yum clean all' but that doesn't help. Dan -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Senie dts at senie.com Amaranth Networks Inc. http://www.amaranth.com "George Orwell was only off by 20 years. Had he titled his book 2004 instead of 1984, he'd have been hailed as prescient. War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength." -dts