On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:12:02 +1000 Neil Dugan <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 10:09 -0600, Gustavo Seabra wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:54:24 -0600, Syl <jkatz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I am running FC2 and I have been keeping my updates current. Recently, I ran > > > out of space on / and I can no longer do any updates. I have checked > > > /var/log files, etc and everything appears to be in order. Here is a df of > > > my system > > > > > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > > /dev/hdb2 4031560 3764916 61844 99% / > > > /dev/hdb1 99043 24529 69400 27% /boot > > > /dev/hdb6 20181400 8096684 11059532 43% /data > > > /dev/hdb5 1007960 61404 895352 7% /home > > > > > > What should I do? > > > > > > thanks > > > Syl > > > > > > > Syl, > > > > Sorry I'm late... but there's one point that hasn't been touched here. > > If you just keeping updating, you probably have a large number of > > kernels installed that you don't use or need. Each kernel occupies a > > large space. To get a list of the installed kernels, do > > > rpm -q kernel > > > rpm -q kernel-smp > > > > I am not having troubles for disk space but I tried the above commands. > Both reported 'package x is not installed'. > > In my /boot directory I have a large number of files (vmlinuz-?, > system.map-?,config-? and initrd-?). If I don't want to use a > particular kernal can I just delete the appropiate set of files here? > > Regards Neil > > > Also, to know which kernel is being currently used, do > > > uname -r > > > > then you can remove the old unused kernels by (as root) > > > rpm -e <<kernel name>> > > > > where <<kernel name>> is the name you get from the 'rpm -q' commands > > above. Just remember to keep one old kernel (other than the one in use > > currently) just as a safeguard. > > > > Also, you may turn on automatic yum updates. Then, edit the file > > 'yum.cron' that will be in the /etc/cron.daily folder to: > > #!/bin/sh > > > > if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/yum ]; then > > /usr/bin/yum -R 10 -e 0 -d 0 -y update yum > > /usr/bin/yum -R 120 -e 0 -d 0 -y update > > /usr/bin/yum -R 120 -e 0 -d 0 -yC clean packages > > fi > > > > The added last line (before the 'fi', of course) will make sure yum > > cleans after itself everytime. > > > > HTH, and good luch with your research. > > > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list I think that you can delete multiple kernels if you put then all in one command, thus: rpm -e kernel.version1 kernel.version2 etc -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. USA registered linux user 46097
