Re: How to increase size of /boot partition
On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 2:52 PM richard emberson wrote: > Just today I upgraded from 39 to 40 but there was an issue: > dnf told me I needed some 800k more space in my /boot partition to proceed. > I had two kernels in /boot so I dnf removed those associated with the older > of the two kernels. I then successfully upgraded. > [...] > I realize one way is to backup /home and then reinstall Fedora but 1) that seems like a lot of work and > 2) it would mean that the machine in question would then have to > use Wayland rather than Xorg. > Bots have taken over the internet, and contrary to "bot" wisdom, Fedora 40 still has Xorg. Systems upgraded over many years often have packages that not present in current F40. Resulting issues can be difficult to understand as few users will have those old packages. Doing a fresh install every few years keeps you closer to a configuration others have, so any issues you do encounter will probably affect others, but "all problems are shallow given enough eyes". A fresh install also gives you the option of moving to xfs or btrfs. -- George N. White III -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: How to increase size of /boot partition
On 03/05/2024 18:52, richard emberson wrote: Just today I upgraded from 39 to 40 but there was an issue: dnf told me I needed some 800k more space in my /boot partition to proceed. I had two kernels in /boot so I dnf removed those associated with the older of the two kernels. I then successfully upgraded. I fear the next time I do a dnf update which includes a new kernel I will be told, again, that there is not enough space in my /boot partition. So, how can I increase the size of the /boot partition? Many partitions, like /tmp, are bigger than they need to be. Here is what how the /sda disk is organized. $ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS sda 8:0 0 223.6G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 250M 0 part /boot ├─sda2 8:2 0 105.5G 0 part │ └─luks-a2ebb2b0-527d-47f3-83ef-e5908805f31d │ 253:3 0 105.5G 0 crypt /ssd ├─sda3 8:3 0 97.7G 0 part │ └─luks-35719a97-5898-4420-9a56-1576ffdc6db3 │ 253:1 0 97.7G 0 crypt / ├─sda4 8:4 0 1K 0 part ├─sda5 8:5 0 9.8G 0 part │ └─luks-5ee2ed8e-4bdf-43e1-adb0-34a70610a77f │ 253:2 0 9.8G 0 crypt /tmp └─sda6 8:6 0 9.8G 0 part └─luks-03c06df8-f9b9-4f0d-847e-79a7ed527888 253:0 0 9.8G 0 crypt [SWAP] $ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/dm-1 96G 22G 70G 25% / devtmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /dev tmpfs 16G 0 16G 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 6.3G 1.8M 6.3G 1% /run /dev/sda1 237M 179M 42M 82% /boot /dev/dm-2 9.5G 260K 9.0G 1% /tmp /dev/dm-3 104G 193M 99G 1% /ssd /dev/dm-4 1.9T 1.2T 630G 66% /home /dev/dm-5 1.7T 903G 736G 56% /data1 /dev/dm-6 20G 12G 6.9G 63% /var tmpfs 3.2G 152K 3.2G 1% /run/user/1000 Thanks for any help give. I realize one way is to backup /home and then reinstall Fedora but 1) that seems like a lot of work and 2) it would mean that the machine in question would then have to use Wayland rather than Xorg. Richard This isn't a direct reply to your question: IIUC you need to run a 'live' image to do that. But I installed f40 a few days ago, and today "dnf upgrade" installed kernel-6.8.8 but *not* vmlinuz-6.8.8, so booting failed. My /boot partition is 450 GB, and I now have two bootable f40 kernels and a recent rescue kernel. There's no room for another. You probably don't have a "recovery" option. I now have "installonly_limit=2" in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf, but a new "dnf upgrade" after that said there was "nothing to do". What did work was ( while running 6.8.7): sudo dnf remove kernel-core-6.8.8 sudo dnf upgrade and then when "systemctl list-jobs" was clear, "sudo systemctl reboot" I, too, would prefer to have a bigger /boot, but this info might help. John P -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: How to increase size of /boot partition
On 5/3/24 14:03, Samuel Sieb wrote: The easiest option would be to use a live boot, shrink the /ssd partition by 1GB, shift it forward, then give that space to /boot. I assume that gparted can handle LUKS. And of course, make sure you have a backup for whatever is in that partition if it's important. This might require a grub update depending on what happens during the resize of /boot. I'm not sure if grub uses fixed offsets to the files in /boot. I haven't used bios boot for a long time. -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: How to increase size of /boot partition
On Fri, 3 May 2024 13:55:49 -0700 richard emberson wrote: > So, how can I increase the size of the /boot partition? Many partitions, > like /tmp, are bigger than they need to be. Might be worth a reinstall from scratch. I always make just a single / partition and let all those other things be subdirectories. Never run out of space unless the whole system runs out of space. You might be able to do that with various copies of other partitions, renames, and merging all the partitions into one with a disk tool running on a live image, but probably have to reinstall grub at a minimum to make it work and if I tried it, I'd probably screw something up and have to reinstall anyway :-). -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: How to increase size of /boot partition
On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 1:52 PM richard emberson wrote: > > Just today I upgraded from 39 to 40 but there was an issue: > dnf told me I needed some 800k more space in my /boot partition to proceed. > I had two kernels in /boot so I dnf removed those associated with the older > of the two kernels. I then successfully upgraded. > I fear the next time I do a dnf update which includes a new kernel I will > be told, again, that there is not enough space in my /boot partition. I recently had to resize my /boot. The original install was several Fedora versions back was 500MB, and more recent installs are 1GB. What I did was backup my file systems to an external USB drive, boot off the netinstall ISO, re-partition, re-mkfs, restore, then go through all the UUID hassles recently documented in another thread. If you have a sufficient drive to use for backups this may be the easiest solution - it is probably the safest. You are using LUKS which may complicate things. -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
Re: How to increase size of /boot partition
On 5/3/24 13:55, richard emberson wrote: Just today I upgraded from 39 to 40 but there was an issue: dnf told me I needed some 800k more space in my /boot partition to proceed. I had two kernels in /boot so I dnf removed those associated with the older of the two kernels. I then successfully upgraded. I fear the next time I do a dnf update which includes a new kernel I will be told, again, that there is not enough space in my /boot partition. So, how can I increase the size of the /boot partition? Many partitions, like /tmp, are bigger than they need to be. Here is what how the /sda disk is organized. $ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS sda 8:0 0 223.6G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 250M 0 part /boot ├─sda2 8:2 0 105.5G 0 part │ └─luks-a2ebb2b0-527d-47f3-83ef-e5908805f31d │ 253:3 0 105.5G 0 crypt /ssd ├─sda3 8:3 0 97.7G 0 part │ └─luks-35719a97-5898-4420-9a56-1576ffdc6db3 │ 253:1 0 97.7G 0 crypt / ├─sda4 8:4 0 1K 0 part ├─sda5 8:5 0 9.8G 0 part │ └─luks-5ee2ed8e-4bdf-43e1-adb0-34a70610a77f │ 253:2 0 9.8G 0 crypt /tmp └─sda6 8:6 0 9.8G 0 part └─luks-03c06df8-f9b9-4f0d-847e-79a7ed527888 253:0 0 9.8G 0 crypt [SWAP] $ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/dm-1 96G 22G 70G 25% / devtmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /dev tmpfs 16G 0 16G 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 6.3G 1.8M 6.3G 1% /run /dev/sda1 237M 179M 42M 82% /boot /dev/dm-2 9.5G 260K 9.0G 1% /tmp /dev/dm-3 104G 193M 99G 1% /ssd /dev/dm-4 1.9T 1.2T 630G 66% /home /dev/dm-5 1.7T 903G 736G 56% /data1 /dev/dm-6 20G 12G 6.9G 63% /var tmpfs 3.2G 152K 3.2G 1% /run/user/1000 This looks like you've been upgrading for a very long time. This type of layout and partition sizes is ancient. /tmp isn't even a partition now. The easiest option would be to use a live boot, shrink the /ssd partition by 1GB, shift it forward, then give that space to /boot. I assume that gparted can handle LUKS. And of course, make sure you have a backup for whatever is in that partition if it's important. An alternative would be to reformat the /tmp partition for /boot, move the contents, adjust fstab, and update grub. But that's a lot more space than needed. Thanks for any help give. I realize one way is to backup /home and then reinstall Fedora but 1) that seems like a lot of work, Yes, but maybe it's time. :-) 2) it would mean that the machine in question would then have to use Wayland rather than Xorg and Why would that be? You must have been listening to some misinformation. If your current install can use Xorg, then re-installing won't be any different. 3) with Wayland I could not use xfce4. If you install with xfce, then that's what you'll be using... -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
How to increase size of /boot partition
Just today I upgraded from 39 to 40 but there was an issue: dnf told me I needed some 800k more space in my /boot partition to proceed. I had two kernels in /boot so I dnf removed those associated with the older of the two kernels. I then successfully upgraded. I fear the next time I do a dnf update which includes a new kernel I will be told, again, that there is not enough space in my /boot partition. So, how can I increase the size of the /boot partition? Many partitions, like /tmp, are bigger than they need to be. Here is what how the /sda disk is organized. $ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS sda 8:00 223.6G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:10 250M 0 part /boot ├─sda2 8:20 105.5G 0 part │ └─luks-a2ebb2b0-527d-47f3-83ef-e5908805f31d │ 253:30 105.5G 0 crypt /ssd ├─sda3 8:30 97.7G 0 part │ └─luks-35719a97-5898-4420-9a56-1576ffdc6db3 │ 253:10 97.7G 0 crypt / ├─sda4 8:40 1K 0 part ├─sda5 8:50 9.8G 0 part │ └─luks-5ee2ed8e-4bdf-43e1-adb0-34a70610a77f │ 253:20 9.8G 0 crypt /tmp └─sda6 8:60 9.8G 0 part └─luks-03c06df8-f9b9-4f0d-847e-79a7ed527888 253:00 9.8G 0 crypt [SWAP] $ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/dm-196G 22G 70G 25% / devtmpfs4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /dev tmpfs16G 0 16G 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 6.3G 1.8M 6.3G 1% /run /dev/sda1 237M 179M 42M 82% /boot /dev/dm-2 9.5G 260K 9.0G 1% /tmp /dev/dm-3 104G 193M 99G 1% /ssd /dev/dm-4 1.9T 1.2T 630G 66% /home /dev/dm-5 1.7T 903G 736G 56% /data1 /dev/dm-620G 12G 6.9G 63% /var tmpfs 3.2G 152K 3.2G 1% /run/user/1000 Thanks for any help give. I realize one way is to backup /home and then reinstall Fedora but 1) that seems like a lot of work, 2) it would mean that the machine in question would then have to use Wayland rather than Xorg and 3) with Wayland I could not use xfce4. Richard -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
How to increase size of /boot partition
Just today I upgraded from 39 to 40 but there was an issue: dnf told me I needed some 800k more space in my /boot partition to proceed. I had two kernels in /boot so I dnf removed those associated with the older of the two kernels. I then successfully upgraded. I fear the next time I do a dnf update which includes a new kernel I will be told, again, that there is not enough space in my /boot partition. So, how can I increase the size of the /boot partition? Many partitions, like /tmp, are bigger than they need to be. Here is what how the /sda disk is organized. $ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS sda 8:00 223.6G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:10 250M 0 part /boot ├─sda2 8:20 105.5G 0 part │ └─luks-a2ebb2b0-527d-47f3-83ef-e5908805f31d │ 253:30 105.5G 0 crypt /ssd ├─sda3 8:30 97.7G 0 part │ └─luks-35719a97-5898-4420-9a56-1576ffdc6db3 │ 253:10 97.7G 0 crypt / ├─sda4 8:40 1K 0 part ├─sda5 8:50 9.8G 0 part │ └─luks-5ee2ed8e-4bdf-43e1-adb0-34a70610a77f │ 253:20 9.8G 0 crypt /tmp └─sda6 8:60 9.8G 0 part └─luks-03c06df8-f9b9-4f0d-847e-79a7ed527888 253:00 9.8G 0 crypt [SWAP] $ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/dm-196G 22G 70G 25% / devtmpfs4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /dev tmpfs16G 0 16G 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 6.3G 1.8M 6.3G 1% /run /dev/sda1 237M 179M 42M 82% /boot /dev/dm-2 9.5G 260K 9.0G 1% /tmp /dev/dm-3 104G 193M 99G 1% /ssd /dev/dm-4 1.9T 1.2T 630G 66% /home /dev/dm-5 1.7T 903G 736G 56% /data1 /dev/dm-620G 12G 6.9G 63% /var tmpfs 3.2G 152K 3.2G 1% /run/user/1000 Thanks for any help give. I realize one way is to backup /home and then reinstall Fedora but 1) that seems like a lot of work and 2) it would mean that the machine in question would then have to use Wayland rather than Xorg. Richard -- ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
