Re: [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

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> Simon -
>
> Did I screw up?  I deleted what was in /boot!

Yes :(

Now don't reboot!

Wait for the next mail...

Simon

>
> Todd
>
> On 3/8/2011 3:31 PM, Simon Matter wrote:
>>> Here is the output of mount:
>>>
>>> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)
>>> none on /proc type proc (rw)
>>> none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
>>> none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
>>> usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
>>> /dev/hdc1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
>> ^^^^^ It's mounted here, the device is /dev/hdc1.
>>
>> But now, also show us 'df' and 'ls -la /boot'
>>
>> How did you boot if /boot was empty?
>>
>> Simon
>>
>>> none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
>>> none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
>>> sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
>>>
>>> Does not appear to be mounted...correct?
>>>
>>> Todd
>>>
>>> On 3/8/2011 3:08 PM, Simon Matter wrote:
>>>>> When trying to do a yum update, I am told I need more space in
>>>>> /boot.  When I check the contents of /boot (ls -l /boot), there
>>>>> are no files.
>>>> Hm, that's not good.
>>>>
>>>>> If I do a df -h, there is no available space yet it shows that it
>>>>> has a lot of used space.
>>>> Is /boot mounted? Please show as the output of 'mount'.
>>>>
>>>>> The fstab shows the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for
>>>>> details
>>>>> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /                       ext3
>>>>> defaults        1 1
>>>>> LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3
>>>>> defaults        1 2
>>>>> none                    /dev/pts                devpts
>>>>> gid=5,mode=620  0 0
>>>>> none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs
>>>>> defaults        0 0
>>>>> none                    /proc                   proc
>>>>> defaults        0 0
>>>>> none                    /sys                    sysfs
>>>>> defaults        0 0
>>>>> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap                    swap
>>>>> defaults        0 0
>>>>> /dev/hda                /media/cdrom            auto
>>>>> pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
>>>>>
>>>>> # fschk.ext3 /boot gives this error:
>>>> First, to check the filesystem you have to unmount it. And then to
>>>> check,
>>>> you usually give the device name, not it's label (I'm not sure it work
>>>> by
>>>> naming with the label). Usually something like
>>>>
>>>> fsck.ext3 /dev/sda1
>>>>
>>>> Simon
>>>>
>>>>> The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
>>>>> filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
>>>>> filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the
>>>>> superblock
>>>>> is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate
>>>>> superblock:
>>>>>        e2fsck -b 8193<device>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not sure what I should do next.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you in advance for any suggestions...
>>>>>
>>>>> Todd
>>>>>
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>>>>> Petaluma, CA 94952
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