Date:  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:41:42 -0500
From:  Richard Siddall <cobalt (at mark) elirion.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:11149] Re: /boot partition
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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Steffan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> my /boot is full for 95 %
> I know it is handled before on the list but I cant find the post back
> 
> is there some info to how to cleanup the /boot partition 
> 
> Met vriendelijke groet,
> 
> Steffan Noord
> 

Goode dag ?

Usually a /boot partition fills up because you have more kernels than
you need due to downloading updates with yum.

Do an "ls -1 /boot" and you should see a lot of "vmlinuz-2.*" lines.

Unlike most RPMs, old versions of the kernel are kept around so if you
can't boot into the new kernel, you can drop back to an old one that worked.

Do an "rpm -qa | grep kernel" to see which kernel RPMs are installed.
You should be able to tell from the version numbers what's the latest
and greatest.

Have a look at /etc/grub.conf (assuming you're using grub as the
boot loader) to see which kernel the computer boots from.  (uname -a also
gives the kernel version.)

If the computer doesn't boot from the latest kernel, do a reboot and
select that kernel from the grub menu.  Make sure the computer can boot
successfully from the latest kernel as you'll want to remove most of the
old kernels.

Once you've confirmed the latest kernel works correctly, delete the old
kernels using rpm -e and the full version number of the kernel, e.g.:

	rpm -e kernel-2.6.18-2.el5

Deleting old kernels should automatically change /etc/grub.conf if
necessary.  You may want to double-check the settings in /etc/grub.conf
after deleting kernels.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

	Richard Siddall