FC7 still freezing during yum updates

[Jim Cornette]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> What you experience sounds like hardware problems under load/heat. Yum
> is quite CPU intensive, which is a stress-test for your machine.
> 

Sometimes yum is too CPU intensive causing 90% plus of a load for long 
durations. It causes this aging laptop to shut down for BIOS thermal 
protection if not constantly monitoring and adjusting the max CPU frequency.
It was a transitional update to yum which railed and shut down the box. 
The current version is less of a stress test on the machine, fortunately.

Yes, yum is a stress test for hardware under heavy load.

Jim

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