Linked by John Collins on Wed 4th Jun 2003 15:23 UTC
Red Hat There seem to be many reviews on Red Hat 9.0, but all seem to be written by Linux junkies who really know their stuff. What about the MS Windows Convert? They say people like the first thing they use (i.e. if you learn to drive a manual transmission, you prefer it over automatic). If this is true, how does Red Hat 9.0 introduce a novice pc user to the world of computers? I hope to answer some of those questions in this tiny review.
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Redhat 8.0/9 updates/RPM installing
by Aaron on Wed 4th Jun 2003 19:35 UTC

The reason with the locked up updates on Redhat are
a RPM 4.1/4.2 bug. Rpm dose not delete the _lock files after you
have used it.
Run this command in root before doing an update or installing
a big rpm e.g KDE, GNOME, WINE, KERNEL ect.

rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*

info on this command is at http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/repairdb/

Only run this if you know what you are doing <-: