> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Schwendt > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 1:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: /Boot is full - advice please > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 22 Aug 2003 11:46:17 -0400, Jason Dixon wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 10:11, Otto Haliburton wrote: > > > Not everyone installs their kernels as rpm so this won't work if > he > > > installed his own kernel and may need to be done manually. > > > > Your solution was just as short-sighted as Robert's, yet not as > > complete. Let's assume the user *did* build their kernel(s) from > > scratch. You never told them which files to delete, you simply > assume > > they'll know. Would they have asked the question if they did? > > > > Not to mention you suggested they remove kernels from /usr/src. > First, > > there are no kernels in /usr/src. There is kernel source (and even > > then, there's no guarantee it's installed). Not to mention, the > OP's > > problem was that /boot is full, not /usr. ;-) > > > > Sorry to rant this morning, but half-wrong advice is worse than no > > advice at all, IMHO. > > Apart from that, the OP mentioned explicitly that up2date had been > used > to install all the kernels. Starting with removing files from /boot > manually is a poor recommendation. Who would delete the kernel modules > in /lib? They take a lot of space there. If erasing old kernel > packages > didn't free up enough space in /boot, *then* the next step should be > to > examine the contents of /boot. > > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/RmLp0iMVcrivHFQRAp3rAJ9x3O3hi0ExZ18o73r3pw+KZ/WYGACfSnnr > AoEDxZWH9o4X1VuEhpaUamI= > =lDcK > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Does anybody on this list read How to install a linux kernel? I don't think so because if you did, it explicitly tells how to remove a kernel manually. It doesn't even suggest to remove with rpm, because using rpm removes the source and some people want the source especially if they want to go back to a earlier version. The person who started the thread did expressly say that he used RHN and /boot was full. It should never be recommended that he uses rpm unless the full consequences are known and that is what I told him. I didn't say don't use it. Before you guys started recommending using rpm to remove a kernel remember that redhat doesn't do that itself and it could. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
