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Description of problem: When running 'yum update' after booting the live system on desktop-i386-20110308.00.iso, the system freezes after applying a certain number of updates, actually a few dozens. The system has a total of 2 GB of system memory which should be amply sufficient to overlay all currently available updates with a total download volume of about 80 MB. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): desktop-i386-20110308.00.iso How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot from desktop-i386-20110308.00.iso. 2. Run 'yum update'. Actual results: After application of a few dozens of updates, the whole system freezes and requires a hard reset in order to resume operation. Expected results: All updates get applied successfully within the constraints enforced by the available amount of system memory. Additional info: When disabling updates-testing, the modest number of updates in repository fedora get installed successfully. Updating a running live system never worked well since its introduction FC6. Usually a kernel panic occurs well before the available system memory is exhausted.
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