Am Fr, den 23.07.2004 schrieb John Wendel um 02:19: > Could someone please explain the need for a 100MB /boot? Mine is currently > holding 8MB of files, with 92MB wasted. 100 mb is some sort of wasting space, indeed. But today most people have hard disks of 120 gb and more it just doesn't matter. You should allocate enough space to have 2-5 kernel versions installed in parallel. 20 - 30 mb are sufficient. RH installer will complain about the space of the /boot filesystem if it is smaller as 75 or 100 mb (don't remember exactly) but you can ignore the warning. RH installs an update kernel in parallel to the existing one (so you can easily switch back to the formerly working kernel just in case something doesn't work after an update, which is a very handy feature!). But there is no mechanism to deinstall a very old kernel. So in theory you can end up with 10 oder 20 kernels installed in parallel (back in the day of RHL with quite a long time t live). I suppose RH demands for such a huge (relatively) space just to be absolutely sure there doesn't arise any problem during a kernel update. With a smaller /boot partition after a kernel update you should check how many kernels are installed (terminal window: rpm -q kernel) and if there are more than 5 kernel versions, you should erase the oldest one by rpm -e kernel-2.x.xx-x.xxx as root in a terminal window). Peter
