[CentOS] Eeek, my centos6 box won't boot after broken update, need help w/ yum

Wed Feb 8 17:51:33 UTC 2012
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:32 AM, wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote:

> I think I've shutdown my box right in the middle of a yum update.. The
> latest kernel installed won't simple boot, and the old one can, but
> only in init 3 mode (tty).
>
> From a console, I wanted to complete the yum update and it suggested me
> to do a `yum-complete-transaction`.
>
> yum-complete-transaction tells me that 447 elements are left to run in 1
> transaction, runs and show lots of "Removing <packagename> - ud from
> the transaction" then processes lots of stuff, and ends with listing
> lots of duplicate packages (mostly Xorg stuff) and.. and that's all.
> Same stuff if I start that command again.
>
> A `yum cleanup` doesn't change it.
>
> Any hint how I could get of that deadly loop?
>
>
Are you actually answering yes and letting it continue or stopping when you
see the list of things it needs to do?

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   Les Mikesell
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