Hi Guys.
I have just re-installed Mandrake Linux 7.2 on my laptop.
I re-partitioned as follows:
hda1 - 144Mb - Suspend.
hda2 - 6.19Gb - Linux Extended; contains:
hda5 - 15Mb - /boot
hda6 - 128Mb - Swap
hda7 - 6.05Gb - /
Obviously, having re-installed from my original CDs, there were a
lot of updates that needed to be applied. So, I struck up my
trusty MandrakeUpdate program, which listed about 90 rpms totalling
about 310Mb.
However, regardless of how I try to apply these upgrades, I run
into the following problem.
As soon as rpm tries to actually install the package, it starts to
grab MAJOR memory. This grows rapidly until within a couple of
seconds it is using ALL memory as well as most of the swap,
grinding the machine to a halt.
It was pretty scary running top on another console and seeing rpm's
memory usage growing to 155Mb. It would have climbed higher if I
hadn't killed it...
This happens regardless of the package I'm installing. A single
150kb rpm file will do it, just as a 35Mb one will.
HELP!!!!!
Regards,
Ozz.
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