Re: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-23 Thread Michael Viron
Unless you are using a laptop system, you do not need kernel-pcmcia-cs installed. Michael -- Michael Viron Core Systems Group Simple End User Linux >Use "rpm -qa | grep kernel" to see what kernels are installed. On my >system this shows: > > kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-13 > kernel-source-

RE: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Otto Haliburton
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Schwendt > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 5:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: /Boot is full - advice please > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 14:56:11 -0500, Otto Haliburton wrote: > > &

Re: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 14:56:11 -0500, Otto Haliburton wrote: > 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 remov

RE: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Otto Haliburton
> -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--

Re: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 13:00:19 -0400, Kent Borg wrote: > What Redhat recommends when undating your kernel is to use "-F" which > will remove the old kernel, and /boot will not grow with each new > kernel release. Red Hat does _not_ recommend that. Actu

Re: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Michael Schwendt
-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 so

Re: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Kent Borg
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 12:45:45PM -0500, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > > How so? Up2date doesn't let kernels collect in /boot. > > Um...I beg to differ. I'm not an expert (yet! *grin*) but I can do > an 'ls' with the best of them. *smile* Oops. I was WRONG. up2date does, indeed, keep old kernel

RE: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Otto Haliburton
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kent Borg > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 12:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: /Boot is full - advice please > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 01:03:56PM

RE: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Otto Haliburton
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert C. Paulsen Jr. > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 11:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: /Boot is full - advice please > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 a

Re: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Benjamin J. Weiss
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 11:40:25AM -0500, Otto Haliburton wrote: > > There were previous posting. His question was /boot is full. The > > original response was to go to /boot and delete old kernels. That > > is where RH places them and never deletes them. > > How so? Up2date doesn't let kerne

RE: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Otto Haliburton
Glad I made. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Dixon > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 11:53 AM > To: Red Hat Mailing List > Subject: RE: /Boot is full - advice please > > On Fri, 2003-08-22 a

Re: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Kent Borg
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 01:03:56PM -0400, Jason Dixon wrote: > Kent, please don't yell at me, because I completely support what > you've stated. I just wanted to suggest that the "-F" flag *not* be > used for upgrading a kernel, regardless of what Red Hat suggests. > IMO, it's much safer to instal

Re: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Roger
Around Fri,Aug 22 2003, at 01:03, Jason Dixon, wrote: >On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 13:00, Kent Borg wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 11:40:25AM -0500, Otto Haliburton wrote: >> > There were previous posting. His question was /boot is full. The >stated. I just wanted to suggest that the "-F" flag *n

Re: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Jason Dixon
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 13:00, Kent Borg wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 11:40:25AM -0500, Otto Haliburton wrote: > > There were previous posting. His question was /boot is full. The > > original response was to go to /boot and delete old kernels. That > > is where RH places them and never delete

Re: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Kent Borg
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 11:40:25AM -0500, Otto Haliburton wrote: > There were previous posting. His question was /boot is full. The > original response was to go to /boot and delete old kernels. That > is where RH places them and never deletes them. How so? Up2date doesn't let kernels collect

RE: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Jason Dixon
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 12:40, Otto Haliburton wrote: > There were previous posting. His question was /boot is full. The > original response was to go to /boot and delete old kernels. That is > where RH places them and never deletes them. It distinguishes them with > labels. It was suggested tha

RE: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Otto Haliburton
redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Dixon > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 11:22 AM > To: Red Hat Mailing List > Subject: RE: /Boot is full - advice please > > On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 11:54, Otto Haliburton wrote: > > You need to get a grip. All of the i

Re: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Robert C. Paulsen Jr.
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 10:54:29AM -0500, Otto Haliburton wrote: > You need to get a grip. All of the information is there and the kernels > are lableled and the source in /usr/src is not installed. If you know > how a kernel is booted then you will be able to observe how it is > removed manually

RE: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Jason Dixon
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 11:54, Otto Haliburton wrote: > You need to get a grip. All of the information is there and the kernels > are lableled and the source in /usr/src is not installed. If you know > how a kernel is booted then you will be able to observe how it is > removed manually. I will say

RE: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Otto Haliburton
Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Dixon > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 10:46 AM > To: Red Hat Mailing List > Subject: RE: /Boot is full - advice please > > On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 10:11, Otto Haliburton wro

RE: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Otto Haliburton
t; [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Passey > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 10:45 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: /Boot is full - advice please > > I use RHN so I am installing via RPM. > > Thanks for the heads up. > > Kevin > -Original Me

RE: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Jason Dixon
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

RE: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Kevin Passey
I use RHN so I am installing via RPM. Thanks for the heads up. Kevin -Original Message- From: Otto Haliburton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 August 2003 15:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: /Boot is full - advice please Not everyone installs their kernels as rpm so this won&#

RE: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Otto Haliburton
22, 2003 8:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: /Boot is full - advice please > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 02:11:59PM +0100, Kevin Passey wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As a new Linux user I need some help on this. > > > > I have been updating my server us

RE: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Kevin Passey
Thanks for the help guys. Kevin Passey -Original Message- From: Robert C. Paulsen Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 August 2003 14:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: /Boot is full - advice please On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 02:11:59PM +0100, Kevin Passey wrote: > Hi, > >

Re: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Robert C. Paulsen Jr.
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 02:11:59PM +0100, Kevin Passey wrote: > Hi, > > As a new Linux user I need some help on this. > > I have been updating my server using RHN no - problem there - but now my > /boot is full - can I delete anything from there. > > It seems to keep all the kernel packages.

RE: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Otto Haliburton
Yes, you can delete all old kernels from /boot and /usr/src.   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Passey Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 8:12 AM To: Red Hat (E-mail) Subject: /Boot is full - advice please   Hi

Re: /Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread John P Verel
On 08/22/03 14:11 +0100, Kevin Passey wrote: > I have been updating my server using RHN no - problem there - but now my /boot > is full - can I delete anything from there. > > It seems to keep all the kernel packages. You have to either erase old, unused kernels, via rpm -e or increase the si

/Boot is full - advice please

2003-08-22 Thread Kevin Passey
Hi,   As a new Linux user I need some help on this.   I have been updating my server using RHN no - problem there - but now my /boot is full - can I delete anything from there.   It seems to keep all the kernel packages.   Thanks in advance   Kevin