Yum Update Locks Up Machine

[Kam Leo]

On 2/6/06, Robert L Cochran <cochranb at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> When I run
>
> sudo yum update
>
> it issues a message "reading repository metadata from local files"
>
> and then my hard drive light goes on and stays on and the entire system
> locks up solid for long minutes. The update does not actually occur. It
> stops dead while the hard drive stays constantly busy. I tailed
> /var/log/messages but saw no unusual output printed to the log while
> this was happening. Version and kernel information:
>
> [rlc at bobcp4 ~]$ rpm -q yum
> yum-2.4.1-1.fc4
> [rlc at bobcp4 ~]$ uname -a
> Linux bobcp4.lingpgmr.com 2.6.15-1.1830_FC4smp #1 SMP Thu Feb 2 17:36:59
> EST 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
>
> I tried `yum clean metadata' with the same result. I also tried booting
> the 1656_FC4smp kernel with the same result.
>
> Any advice about how to fix this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob Cochran
>

Did you try "yum clean all"?