Yum kernel upgrade error

Hi Admins,

I have started getting the following error emailed to me from one of
my servers running Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz):

Error: Transaction Check Error: installing package
kernel-2.6.16-1.2108_FC4 needs 2MB on the /boot filesystem

I had a look and /boot has numerous kernels and System.map files.
...
snip
System.map-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4
System.map-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4smp
System.map-2.6.16-1.2107_FC4
System.map-2.6.16-1.2107_FC4smp

vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4smp
vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4
vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4smp
vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2069_FC4
vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2069_FC4smp
vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4
vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4smp
vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2107_FC4
vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2107_FC4smp

It looks like yum has been updating the kernel on my system for some
time.

I wasn't sure if this was a wise idea? If other admins think this is
okay, shall I just remove a few of the older kernel file and
accompanying system.map to allow yum to update the kernel?

Thanx.
Dp.


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Re: Yum kernel upgrade error

This depends on if it is updating grub. Your error is probably that boot has
no more dusk space.

If it is updating grub, I don't recommend that because if you reboot it will
use the newest kernel, which can cause problems with addon drivers and the
such

Thanks

Tom Callahan
TESSCO Technologies Inc
Office 410-229-1361
Cell 410-588-7605
E-mail: callahant@tessco.com

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org
To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
Sent: Fri May 12 07:02:46 2006
Subject: Yum kernel upgrade error

Hi Admins,

I have started getting the following error emailed to me from one of
my servers running Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz):

Error: Transaction Check Error: installing package
kernel-2.6.16-1.2108_FC4 needs 2MB on the /boot filesystem

I had a look and /boot has numerous kernels and System.map files.
...
snip
System.map-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4
System.map-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4smp
System.map-2.6.16-1.2107_FC4
System.map-2.6.16-1.2107_FC4smp

vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4smp
vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4
vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4smp
vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2069_FC4
vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2069_FC4smp
vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4
vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4smp
vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2107_FC4
vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2107_FC4smp

It looks like yum has been updating the kernel on my system for some
time.

I wasn't sure if this was a wise idea? If other admins think this is
okay, shall I just remove a few of the older kernel file and
accompanying system.map to allow yum to update the kernel?

Thanx.
Dp.


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Re: Yum kernel upgrade error

You can use yum to get rid of old kernels provided that you are running
comfortably on the latest one.

yum remove kernel-2.6.15

Also you have both the regular and smp kernel installed so you can take
out the ones you aren't using.

There is no problem with getting rid of older ones.

Cheers


On Fri, 12 May 2006 05:02:46 -0600, Dermot Paikkos
wrote:

> Hi Admins,
>
> I have started getting the following error emailed to me from one of
> my servers running Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz):
>
> Error: Transaction Check Error: installing package
> kernel-2.6.16-1.2108_FC4 needs 2MB on the /boot filesystem
>
> I had a look and /boot has numerous kernels and System.map files.
> ..
> snip
> System.map-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4
> System.map-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4smp
> System.map-2.6.16-1.2107_FC4
> System.map-2.6.16-1.2107_FC4smp
>
> vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4smp
> vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4
> vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4smp
> vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2069_FC4
> vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2069_FC4smp
> vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4
> vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4smp
> vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2107_FC4
> vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2107_FC4smp
>
> It looks like yum has been updating the kernel on my system for some
> time.
>
> I wasn't sure if this was a wise idea? If other admins think this is
> okay, shall I just remove a few of the older kernel file and
> accompanying system.map to allow yum to update the kernel?
>
> Thanx.
> Dp.
>
>
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