->fc6: Pkg Installation - "may take several minutes" - 36 hours later!!

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:40:52 -0400
sean <seandarcy2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Upgrading to FC6, off a hard disk partition. Text install 
> goes without error, until the Package Installation screen 
> appears. There's a popup:
> 
> "starting install process. This may take several minutes..."
> 
> That was 36 hours ago!
> 
> No disk access lights flashing.
> 
> This is a slow old machine 400mz, 128meg ram, but it runs fc5.

128MB is pushing it for an update but it will find and use your swap so
it ought to be ok. 36 hours on I'd have expected the system to have
finished (and if not to be thrashing the disk like a lunatic trying to
fit stuff in swap)

How much swap does the box have ?