-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 31 May 2003 11:49:56 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 07:33:16PM -0400, Tom Diehl wrote: > > On Fri, 30 May 2003, Charles Curley wrote: > > > > > I tried installing a new kernel on one machine, and got the following > > > error message: > > > > > > [root@xxxxxx root]# rpm -ivh /var/spool/autoupdate/kernel-2.4.20-13.8.i686.rpm > > > Preparing... ########################################### [100%] > > > installing package kernel-2.4.20-13.8 needs 2MB on the /boot filesystem > > > [root@xxxxxx root]# df /boot/ > > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > > /dev/hda1 15M 11M 3.6M 75% /boot > > > [root@xxxxxx root]# > > > > Well lets see: > > (tigger pts2) $ ll -h *8 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 505K May 12 12:15 System.map-2.4.20-13.8 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44K May 12 12:15 config-2.4.20-13.8 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15K May 12 12:15 module-info-2.4.20-13.8 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.0M May 12 12:15 vmlinux-2.4.20-13.8 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1M May 12 12:15 vmlinuz-2.4.20-13.8 > > > > The above alone looks like more than 3.6 megs. > > And that's with no initrd. > > As I suspected, the error message is wrong; probably an example of a > program with a magic number instead of a run-time caclulation. The above error message is not wrong. It is to be interpreted as "needs an addition 2 MB of free space". Your 3.6 MB are not enough. > > Suggest deleting an old kernel if you can. > > Thanks, I'll do that. "rm /boot/vmlinux*" (note the 'x') would be enough. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+2PDf0iMVcrivHFQRArOjAJ92zPDORs/nuKMm/9ZiRN2AGAu5FgCcDDSg LnZKTmWtBIS/2wjqrdvX774= =LYY2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
