Hello Support,
After installing Linux CentOS on the server, we are trying to update the OS. However we encounter the following.
installing package kernel-3.10.0-327.13.1.el7.x86_64 needs 15MB on the /boot filesystem
Here is a snapshot of the filesystem after install. See how the /boot is 92% full.
Please advise..
Linux Boot Partition
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Re: Linux Boot Partition
tip: you can use df -h to get that output in "human readable" format, like this:
It is generally a safe option to delete the files in that partition except your current OS version, I have done this with success in the past. If you can, leave the versions before and after your current OS version as well. If you want, you can post the output of ls -al inside /boot, as well as uname -r and I can tell you which files are probably safe to delete so you can update.
I would really recommend NFO change the size of /boot on VM images. I ran into these problems with my VDS too.
It is generally a safe option to delete the files in that partition except your current OS version, I have done this with success in the past. If you can, leave the versions before and after your current OS version as well. If you want, you can post the output of ls -al inside /boot, as well as uname -r and I can tell you which files are probably safe to delete so you can update.
I would really recommend NFO change the size of /boot on VM images. I ran into these problems with my VDS too.
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Re: Linux Boot Partition
200 MB is plenty of space for /boot, but the OS didn't clean it out properly in this case following many updates, most likely. I will work on updating the images.