On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 23:50 +0000, Simon Ruggier wrote: > JamesRichardson: is there something preventing you from using the > FeistyUpgradesManual page to upgrade your system? > > If so, you might also try setting up your system to use your root > partition to store /boot in. This involves running: > > # cp -a /boot /tmp/boot.backup > # umount /boot > # cp -a /tmp/boot.backup/* /boot > > and then: > -commenting the line that mounts /boot out of your fstab > -editing your /boot/grub/menu.lst to point to your root partition instead of > the /boot one > -reinstalling grub to the hard drive you boot from with something like: > > # grub > grub> root (hdx,y) > grub> setup (hdx) >
Most people (self included) who actually make a boot partition did so because the BIOS is old and places restrictions on how many sectors in it can boot from... so you can't have /boot in with on the main partition. When it complains about not enough space in /boot and that it needs X bytes more... it lies. So this adds to the confusion. James Michener -- [MASTER] /boot free space check message misleading and space requirement too big https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104337 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
