[KLUG Members] Crash of RH7.2 - advice?

[Ralph M. Deal]

NOTE:  I first sent this message out with a BSware heading,
inappropriately so now I am remailing it with a more appropriate subject 
line.
This problem may have shown up in KLUG corespondence before but I can't 
check because of the problem!

Hello, all BS 7.2 users:

I've had an unfortunate problem in upgrading my RH7.1 to RH7.2.
[using BSware of course].  One rpm could not be loaded; then a crash
occurs after about 60% of the rpms have been loaded.  While I've saved 
the crash data as suggested, I don't know how to use it.  When starting 
the update, I am warned that my partitions are not what was expected but 
that I could proceed.  I can get to my files in the rescue mode and can 
update whatever rpm's I wish.  Actually the latter is a little dificult 
since the new rpm's (pine for example) use more recent libraries but I 
can't upgrade those since other programs depend on the older libraries. 
  My solution has been to force the installation of the new rpms, 
leaving the old rpm's intact.  Not efficient use of disk space but so 
far it works.

Right now I need to look at a gnumeric file.  I can't get into the
Xwindows mode so I can't run gnumeric.  I can transfer the file to a
floppy (alas, not a zip disk) and so take it to a non-crippled machine 
but I have no access to another LINUX machine and I don't believe Excel 
on my wife's more powerful system running ME will be able to read the
gnumeric file.

I may have to start a new installation but would appreciate any guidance
at this awkward moment.

	Learning more about LINUX all the time,
		   Ralph     deal@kzoo.edu