Re: Is /boot size a concern for just preupgrade or all upgrades ?

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On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 16:30 +0000, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Is there a difference in the /boot size requirement for different
> >> upgrade methods ?
> >>
> >> Ie does upgrading from the DVD iso take less room on /boot than doing a
> >> preupgrade via yum ?
> > ----
> > from DVD, upgrading doesn't require any real amount of space beyond that
> > needed for a kernel install.
> >
> > from preupgrade, it needs space to download the stage 2 boot but if you
> > have a wired connection, preupgrade can download the stage 2 boot on the
> > fly if you don't have enough space in /boot
> 
> In my case, even with the installation DVD, the complaint about not
> enough space for /boot showed up, breaking the installation procedure.
----
you probably needed to remove some kernels first

Craig


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