Re: dnf upgrade ran out of room on /boiu

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On 05/26/18 08:47, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> On 05/25/2018 05:28 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 05/26/18 07:55, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> FC 28
>>>
>>> I used the default /boot size in Fedora 25, when I first
>>> installed this:
>>>
>>> # dnf upgrade
>>>
>>> Error: Transaction check error:
>>>    installing package kernel-core-4.16.11-300.fc28.x86_64 needs 34MB on the /boot
>>> filesystem
>>>
>>> Error Summary
>>> -------------
>>> Disk Requirements:
>>>     At least 34MB more space needed on the /boot filesystem.
>>>
>>> Does this mean I have to do the gparted thing and rick messing
>>> everything up?  Or is there a work around for this?
>>>
>>>
>>> # df -kTP /boot
>>> Filesystem     Type 1024-blocks   Used Available Capacity Mounted on
>>> /dev/md126p1   ext4      487652 186803    271153      41% /boot
>>>
>>
>> You should realize that the error message you are getting makes little sense.
>>
>> Chances are your system has 3 kernels installed and potentially a "rescue" kernel.
>> With that your /boot has 187MB used with 271MB available.  41% of the disk space has
>> been consumed.
>>
>> It doesn't make any sense that the next kernel will need 271MB + 34MB to install.
>>
>> As a comparison.  I have 3 kernels installed (including 4.16.11-300) + a "rescue"
>> kernel and
>>
>> [root@meimei boot]# df /boot
>> Filesystem     1K-blocks   Used Available Use% Mounted on
>> /dev/sda1        1408512 214880   1104032  17% /boot
>>
>> Or just 214MB used in total.
>>
>> The first message shows "needs 34MB on the /boot filesystem" which seems about
>> right.  On my system...
>>
>> initramfs-4.16.10-300   =  22MB
>> vmlinuz-4.16.10-300    =     8.3MB
>> System.map-4.16.10-300 = 3.9MB
>>
>> The fact that the next message says " At least 34MB more space needed..."  seems to
>> be saying that dnf think the /boot filesystem is full.
>
> Hi Ed,
>
> Does this help?
>
> # du -k /boot
> 7078    /boot/grub2/themes/system
> 7080    /boot/grub2/themes
> 1316    /boot/grub2/fonts
> 4135    /boot/grub2/locale
> 2253    /boot/grub2/i386-pc
> 14796    /boot/grub2
> 13    /boot/lost+found
> 2    /boot/loader/entries
> 4    /boot/loader
> 4    /boot/efi/System/Library/CoreServices
> 6    /boot/efi/System/Library
> 8    /boot/efi/System
> 2    /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/loader/entries
> 4    /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/loader
> 2    /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/fonts
> 7335    /boot/efi/EFI/fedora
> 1436    /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT
> 8773    /boot/efi/EFI
> 8785    /boot/efi
> 1067    /boot/extlinux
> 184927    /boot
>
>
> This has a lot of fc27 junk left over:
>
> # rpm -qa kernel\* | grep fc27
> kernel-core-4.16.7-200.fc27.x86_64
> kernel-modules-extra-4.16.7-200.fc27.x86_64
> kernel-modules-4.16.7-200.fc27.x86_64
>
> And that got rid of 87 Meg.

Prior to freeing 87MB, was the system telling you you needed 121MB additional space?

>
> And I still need 34 more MB
>
> # df -kPT /boot
> Filesystem     Type 1024-blocks   Used Available Capacity Mounted on
> /dev/md126p1   ext4      487652 186803    271153      41% /boot
>
> now I have
>
> # rpm -qa kernel\*
> kernel-modules-extra-4.16.8-300.fc28.x86_64
> kernel-modules-4.16.9-300.fc28.x86_64
> kernel-core-4.16.8-300.fc28.x86_64
> kernel-core-4.16.9-300.fc28.x86_64
> kernel-4.16.9-300.fc28.x86_64
> kernel-4.16.8-300.fc28.x86_64
> kernel-modules-extra-4.16.9-300.fc28.x86_64
> kernel-modules-4.16.8-300.fc28.x86_64
> kernel-headers-4.16.9-300.fc28.x86_64
>
>
> I don't get it
>
>

Let me restate.

You have plenty of space with 271MB free.

dnf seems confused.  I don't know why.   Maybe running dnf with -v will show more
information.

-- 
Conjecture is just a conclusion based on incomplete information. It isn't a fact.

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