>>>>> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:54:26 -0600 >>>>> "SJS" == Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at gmail.com> wrote: SJS> On 4/16/07, bgschaid_lists at ice-sf.at SJS> <bgschaid_lists at ice-sf.at> wrote: >> Just an update and an additional question concerning this: >> >> >>>>> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:53:34 +0200 >> >>>>> "bl" == bgschaid lists <bgschaid_lists at ice-sf.at> wrote: >> bl> Hi! >> bl> I'm having a problem upgrading an existing 4.4 installation to bl> 5.0. bl> I'm clicking through the upgrade dialogs. Then the machine bl> prepares to install the packages. At the end of this a bl> dialog-box appears: >> bl> Error running transaction There was an error running your bl> transaction for the following reason(s): >> bl> Apart from that text there is only a Reboot-button (no bl> explanation) >> >> >> Stupid question: is it possible that the reason for this error >> message is that the estimated size of all the packages that are >> to be updated (3.2 Gig) is bigger than the remaining free space >> on the root partition (2.5 Gig)? >> SJS> It could be, but it is supposed to trigger an exception SJS> telling you need more space on the system (and how much). Seems like this really was the problems. I solved it by moving /usr/share to another partition and symlinking it. Now upgrade works (it is still running, so I can't tell if this is fully successful) SJS> I have run into the same problem, and it might be a similar SJS> issue as the box only had 1.2 GB free and was updating 3.2 gb SJS> of data.. I am trying to figure out how to get a break set to SJS> get a better idea on the erorr. You need to know any specifics about my system? (In case that this is something that doesn't happen on all machines)