>If /boot has not enough space to hold at least the new kernel files,
>do you really need a separate /boot partition? You could modify
>/etc/fstab of your RHL 7.1 to not mount a separate /boot partition and
>move the directory onto your /-partition where you should have no
>space problems.
I'm interested in this solution. Can I have more info??
eg :
cd /usr
mkdir /usr/boot
vi /etc/fstab
/boot /usr/boot defaults etc
something like that???
Cheers, .^.
Mun Heng, Ow /V\
H/M Engineering /( )\
Western Digital M'sia ^^-^^
DID : 03-7870 5168 The Linux Advocate
-----Original Message-----
From: Pekka K. Kurki [mailto:pekka.kurki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:06 PM
To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: /boot too small for updaeting to RedHat 9
Michael Schwendt wrote:
>On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 16:05:48 +0200, Pekka K. Kurki wrote:
>
>
>
>>I have RH 7.1 installed and would like to do an update - not a new
installation - to RH9. During Update procedure the installation program
states that I have about 130 kB space missing in /boot partition to install
the new /boot files. Any tricks how I can make it. I tried to delete the
file .journal before the installation but the system would not allow me to
do so. Any suggestions? (Besides re-partitioning...) Here the current
contents of /boot:
>>
>>
>>
>Delete all files, since you won't need them anymore anyway. In
>particular, you won't need the big vmlinux-2.4.2-2 file.
>
>If /boot has not enough space to hold at least the new kernel files,
>do you really need a separate /boot partition? You could modify
>/etc/fstab of your RHL 7.1 to not mount a separate /boot partition and
>move the directory onto your /-partition where you should have no
>space problems.
>
>- --
>Michael, who doesn't reply to top posts and complete quotes anymore.
>
>
>
>
OK, thanks! I think that deleting vmlinux-2.4.2-2 will do the job!
Herzlichen Dank!
regards /Grüsse
Pekka
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