[gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread thelma
After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 and decided to switch to: linux-4.9.6-gentoo-r1 I've done kernel upgrade many, many times so it was a routine procedure. When I re-booted the last t

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread thelma
On 03/05/2017 02:33 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. > So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: > linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 > > and decided to switch to: > linux-4.9.6-gentoo-r1 > > I've done kernel upgrade many,

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 05/03/2017 23:33, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. > So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: > linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 > > and decided to switch to: > linux-4.9.6-gentoo-r1 > > I've done kernel upgrade many, man

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread Dale
the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 03/05/2017 02:33 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. >> So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: >> linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 >> >> and decided to switch to: >> linux-4.9.6-gentoo-r1

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread Mick
On Sunday 05 Mar 2017 16:57:11 Dale wrote: > the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > On 03/05/2017 02:33 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >> After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. > >> So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: > >> linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 > >

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread thelma
On 03/05/2017 03:19 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 05/03/2017 23:33, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. >> So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: >> linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 >> >> and decided to switch to: >> linux-4.9

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread Sébastien Picavet
Hi, Le dim 05 mar, 14:33:03 the...@sys-concept.com a écrit : > What I my options to reduce kernel size or increase /boot partition? You can use XZ compression: config KERNEL_XZ bool "XZ" depends on HAVE_KERNEL_XZ help XZ uses the LZMA2 algorithm and instruction s

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread Marc Joliet
On Sonntag, 5. März 2017 23:57:11 CET Dale wrote: > the...@sys-concept.com wrote: [...] > > Can I remove System.map files from /boot partition? > > I don't have any reference to these files in grub.conf. [...] > I'm pretty sure grub uses that file. I've never tested the theory. FTR: were this GR

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 05 Mar 2017 23:22:52 +, Mick wrote: > 4. Do not create a new partition for boot, just copy the /boot > filesystem into / and comment out the boot partition from fstab. > You'll need to also edit your /boot/grub/grub.conf You will also need to run the legacy equivalent of grub-install

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread thelma
On 03/05/2017 04:22 PM, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 05 Mar 2017 16:57:11 Dale wrote: >> the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> On 03/05/2017 02:33 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: [snip] >> >> I'm pretty sure grub uses that file. I've never tested the theory. >> >> Why such a small /boot? My OS is instal

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread thelma
On 03/05/2017 03:57 PM, Dale wrote: > the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> On 03/05/2017 02:33 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. >>> So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: >>> linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 >>> >>> and de

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread thelma
On 03/05/2017 04:51 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 05 Mar 2017 23:22:52 +, Mick wrote: > >> 4. Do not create a new partition for boot, just copy the /boot >> filesystem into / and comment out the boot partition from fstab. >> You'll need to also edit your /boot/grub/grub.conf > > You will

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread Dale
the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 03/05/2017 03:57 PM, Dale wrote: > >> >> I'm pretty sure grub uses that file. I've never tested the theory. >> >> Why such a small /boot? My OS is installed on a fairly small 160GB hard >> drive. I made /boot about 400MBs and later wished it was bigger. I >> l

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread Dale
Marc Joliet wrote: > On Sonntag, 5. März 2017 23:57:11 CET Dale wrote: >> the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > [...] >>> Can I remove System.map files from /boot partition? >>> I don't have any reference to these files in grub.conf. > [...] >> I'm pretty sure grub uses that file. I've never tested the

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread Miroslav Rovis
On 170305-16:56-0700, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 03/05/2017 03:57 PM, Dale wrote: > > the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >> On 03/05/2017 02:33 PM, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: ... > >>> "GRUB" and blank screen, not even a kernel selection. > >>> I scramble, boot strap the system and copied t

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread J. Roeleveld
On March 6, 2017 12:43:50 AM GMT+01:00, Marc Joliet wrote: >On Sonntag, 5. März 2017 23:57:11 CET Dale wrote: >> the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >[...] >> > Can I remove System.map files from /boot partition? >> > I don't have any reference to these files in grub.conf. >[...] >> I'm pretty sure gru

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread Mick
On Sunday 05 Mar 2017 17:05:20 the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 03/05/2017 04:51 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sun, 05 Mar 2017 23:22:52 +, Mick wrote: > >> 4. Do not create a new partition for boot, just copy the /boot > >> filesystem into / and comment out the boot partition from fstab. >

Re: [gentoo-user] No room left on /boot

2017-03-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 06/03/2017 01:35, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 03/05/2017 03:19 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 05/03/2017 23:33, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. >>> So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: >>> linux-3.10