[NTLUG:Discuss] Making room on boot file system

Tue Dec 10 09:41:25 CST 2002

I don't know if there is a proper procedure for managing the contents of
/boot, other than doing it manually.  If you know you are not going to need
to boot a particular kernel in the future, you can just delete that kernel
and its associated files.  It would also be a good idea to check your boot
loader's configuration to make sure it no longer references the deleted
kernel(s), and update its configuration as necessary.  Basically, anything
you know you don't need you can safely delete, just be careful not to
delete anything you do need.  Probably not as specific a response as you'd
like, but it's the best I can do!

P.S. It is possible that more than one kernel could use a single initrd, so
make sure any initrd's you delete really are no longer referenced by any
kernels you intend to use after that (again, check your boot loader's
configuration).

Dan Carlson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Matthews" <RedHat.Linux at verizon.net>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 9:29 AM
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Making room on boot file system

> Can someone help me with this, please?
>
> I need to apply a kernel update and it complains because there's not
> enough free space.  I have time to apply the update, but I don't have
> time to learn about and repair something I might break if I just
> delete these things.
>
> I've apparently been ignoring some housekeeping responsibilities and
> need to free up some space in /boot. I see previous boot images -
> what is the proper procedure for deleting those?
>
> Here's what's there (sorted by modification date):
>
> -rw------- 1   85504 Oct 24 21:01 map
> -rw-rw-r-- 1  171548 Oct 24 20:51 initrd-2.4.18-17.7.x.img
> lrwxrwxrwx 1      25 Oct 24 20:50 module-info ->
module-info-2.4.18-17.7.x
> lrwxrwxrwx 1      24 Oct 24 20:50 System.map -> System.map-2.4.18-17.7.x
> lrwxrwxrwx 1      21 Oct 24 20:50 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.4.18-17.7.x
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 2989137 Oct 24 20:49 vmlinux-2.4.18-17.7.x
> -rw-r--r-- 1 1064377 Oct 24 20:49 vmlinuz-2.4.18-17.7.x
> -rw-r--r-- 1   42236 Oct 24 20:49 config-2.4.18-17.7.x
> -rw-r--r-- 1   15436 Oct 24 20:49 module-info-2.4.18-17.7.x
> -rw-r--r-- 1  488097 Oct 24 20:49 System.map-2.4.18-17.7.x
> -rw-r--r-- 1     405 Jun 15 21:55 kernel.h-2.4.9
> lrwxrwxrwx 1      14 Jun 15 21:55 kernel.h -> kernel.h-2.4.9
> -rw-rw-r-- 1  386808 Jun 15 21:55 initrd-2.4.9-34.img
> -rw-r--r-- 1   13599 Jun 15 21:54 module-info-2.4.9-34
> -rw-r--r-- 1  435442 Jun 15 21:54 System.map-2.4.9-34
> -rw-r--r-- 1  969441 Jun 15 21:54 vmlinuz-2.4.9-34
> -rw-r--r-- 1  969254 Feb 28  2002 vmlinuz-2.4.9-31
> -rw-r--r-- 1   13599 Feb 28  2002 module-info-2.4.9-31
> -rw-r--r-- 1  435208 Feb 28  2002 System.map-2.4.9-31
> -rw-r--r-- 1  968247 Jan 29  2002 vmlinuz-2.4.9-21
> -rw-r--r-- 1   13599 Jan 29  2002 module-info-2.4.9-21
> -rw-r--r-- 1  434969 Jan 29  2002 System.map-2.4.9-21
> -rw-r--r-- 1  974009 Dec  7  2001 vmlinuz-2.4.9-12
> -rw-r--r-- 1   13598 Dec  7  2001 module-info-2.4.9-12
> -rw-r--r-- 1  434619 Dec  7  2001 System.map-2.4.9-12
> -rw-r--r-- 1     512 Oct 28  2001 boot.0301
> -rw-r--r-- 1  972776 Oct 18  2001 vmlinuz-2.4.9-6
> -rw-r--r-- 1   13598 Oct 18  2001 module-info-2.4.9-6
> -rw-r--r-- 1  434314 Oct 18  2001 System.map-2.4.9-6
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 2152781 Sep 28  2001 vmlinux-2.4.3-12
> -rw-r--r-- 1  787083 Sep 28  2001 vmlinuz-2.4.3-12
> -rw-r--r-- 1   13598 Sep 28  2001 module-info-2.4.3-12
> -rw-r--r-- 1  416955 Sep 28  2001 System.map-2.4.3-12
> -rw-r--r-- 1     512 Sep 28  2001 boot.0300
> -rw-r--r-- 1  785602 Sep 27  2001 vmlinuz-2.4.2-2
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 2271899 Sep 27  2001 vmlinux-2.4.2-2
> -rw-r--r-- 1   13598 Sep 27  2001 module-info-2.4.2-2
> -rw-r--r-- 1  410454 Sep 27  2001 System.map-2.4.2-2
> -rw-r--r-- 1    5824 Sep 27  2001 boot.b
> -rw-r--r-- 1     612 Sep 27  2001 chain.b
> -rw-r--r-- 1   23108 Sep 27  2001 message
> -rw-r--r-- 1     640 Sep 27  2001 os2_d.b
> drwxr-xr-x 2   12288 Sep 27  2001 lost+found
>
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