Re: F12 upgrade needs more space for /mnt/sysimage/boot

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Frank Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:39:44 -0500
> Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
>
>   
>> You have run out of space before getting to the anaconda kernel and
>> initrd.  Check /boot for a preupgrade directory.  It needs to copy a few
>> things into it (like the anaconda kernel and initrd, but also a
>> kickstart file, and some other things).  If there is no room for the
>> necessary items, you are out of luck.
>>     
>
> That's the problem.  I'm 1.5mb short, according to preupgrade.
>
>  
>   
>> Have you tried Germán's suggestion of removing unneeded F11 kernels?
>>     
>
> I have removed all but one F11 kernel (rpm -e kernel-whatever-whatever) so
> there's only one left.  And as I said before, I don't see where I can remove
> anything else to gain that 1.5mb and still have a kernel that my computer can
> boot.
>
>   
>> The Achilles's heel of preupgrade is the amount of free space in your
>> /boot partition.
>>     
>
> Indeed.  I really don't get it, because I initially formatted that computer
> with the F10 rawhide a month or so before the F10 release.  And I used the
> default disk partitioning that the installer suggested.
> Kinda ironic, since
>
>   
>> Can you resize your
>> partitions such that /boot has more space?
>>     
>
> I have no idea how to do that.   Again, I just used the default F10
> partitioning scheme and it's seemed to be working fine up to this point.
>
>
>   
I may have to try this on a virtual machine.....

I've never used preupgrade before....so I don't know exactly what it
does...  But, if it ends up installing the latest kernel and then
booting to it....one could try deleting the initrd file (or moving it to
a safe place where you can restore it if needed) for the active kernel
since it isn't being used once you are up.... 

Its a thought....certainly would like to test it on a snapshoted VM.  :-)

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