[KLUG Members] Not enough space for kernel update?

[Dirk H Bartley]

On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 10:26, bill wrote:
> Trying to update the kernal on RH 7.3 the update program says it can't be done
> due to a package conflict:
> 
> "Installing package kernal blah blah needs 2mb on the /boot filesystem."
> 
> There is a lot more than 2mb free on the computer.  Is the /boot filesystem
> somehow different? If so, how would I increase its size?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> bill


The "real neat" way to solve this is with logical volume management, but
I'm sure that you don't have this because it could not be configured
with the Redhat Installer until 8.

Your solution may be to copy the contents of /boot to the / filesystem. 
The / filesystem must have enough space to accomplish your task. 
Unmount /boot and move it's copy on the filesystme to /boot.  Then edit
/etc/fstab so that it will not mount /boot on next reboot.  To edit
/etc/fstab, comment out the line with /boot.

Be sure and have a boot floppy before playing this game.  If you can't
find yours, use mkbootdisk.

Dirk