Re: /boot partition too small

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
> Sent: den 11 oktober 2017 07:57
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re:  /boot partition too small
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of KM
> > Sent: den 10 oktober 2017 21:06
> > To: centos@xxxxxxxxxx; Phil Perry <pperry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re:  /boot partition too small
> >
> >  Do i need to do something special or is it as easy as:
> > - save the contents of the current /boot - umount /boot and change the
> > /etc/fstab so it doesn't mount again-  create a boot directory that is
in
> > the root  filesystem- copy the contents back
> > I realize the physical/current /boot will be a waste of space but it's
not
> > that
> > big so it's fine.
> > I thought i probably have to make configuration changes of some sort.
> > Again I apologize in advance since I am not really good at this
> > (partition/file
> > system).  I have tried searching but am never sure exactly what I should
> > try.   I need to find the "for dummies" version(s) of this. Thanks
again.
> > KM
> 
> Assuming you have backups, if something should go south, you might want
> to try
> out the Gparted boot-iso.
> 
> Using Gparted you should be able to shrink some of the other partitions,
and
> then grow the boot partition.
> 
> More info on:
> https://gparted.org/index.php
> 
> If you have another non-critical computer to test using Gparted on, do
that
> first before doing it "for real".
> 
> Hope this helps.

Wait a sec, this was LVM right?
Not sure if Gparted supports that yet.

--
//Sorin
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