[CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

[Simon Matter]

>> Simon -
>>
>> Did I screw up?  I deleted what was in /boot!
>
> Yes :(
>
> Now don't reboot!

OK, if you try to reboot now it won't come up, so be warned.

You should be able to reinstall the packages which have files in /boot,
and then reconfigure grub so it will be able to boot again.

Unfortunately my time is up for today, but I hope someone else can help
you out.

The packages which need to be forceinstalled are at least:
kernel
grub
redhat-logos

Sorry I have to finish here, hope someone can help you further,

Simon

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> Simon
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>>
>> Todd
>>
>> On 3/8/2011 3:31 PM, Simon Matter wrote:
>>>> Here is the output of mount:
>>>>
>>>> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)
>>>> none on /proc type proc (rw)
>>>> none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
>>>> none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
>>>> usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
>>>> /dev/hdc1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
>>> ^^^^^ It's mounted here, the device is /dev/hdc1.
>>>
>>> But now, also show us 'df' and 'ls -la /boot'
>>>
>>> How did you boot if /boot was empty?
>>>
>>> Simon
>>>
>>>> none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
>>>> none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
>>>> sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
>>>>
>>>> Does not appear to be mounted...correct?
>>>>
>>>> Todd
>>>>
>>>> On 3/8/2011 3:08 PM, Simon Matter wrote:
>>>>>> When trying to do a yum update, I am told I need more space in
>>>>>> /boot.  When I check the contents of /boot (ls -l /boot), there
>>>>>> are no files.
>>>>> Hm, that's not good.
>>>>>
>>>>>> If I do a df -h, there is no available space yet it shows that it
>>>>>> has a lot of used space.
>>>>> Is /boot mounted? Please show as the output of 'mount'.
>>>>>
>>>>>> The fstab shows the following:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for
>>>>>> details
>>>>>> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /                       ext3
>>>>>> defaults        1 1
>>>>>> LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3
>>>>>> defaults        1 2
>>>>>> none                    /dev/pts                devpts
>>>>>> gid=5,mode=620  0 0
>>>>>> none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs
>>>>>> defaults        0 0
>>>>>> none                    /proc                   proc
>>>>>> defaults        0 0
>>>>>> none                    /sys                    sysfs
>>>>>> defaults        0 0
>>>>>> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap                    swap
>>>>>> defaults        0 0
>>>>>> /dev/hda                /media/cdrom            auto
>>>>>> pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # fschk.ext3 /boot gives this error:
>>>>> First, to check the filesystem you have to unmount it. And then to
>>>>> check,
>>>>> you usually give the device name, not it's label (I'm not sure it
>>>>> work
>>>>> by
>>>>> naming with the label). Usually something like
>>>>>
>>>>> fsck.ext3 /dev/sda1
>>>>>
>>>>> Simon
>>>>>
>>>>>> The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
>>>>>> filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
>>>>>> filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the
>>>>>> superblock
>>>>>> is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate
>>>>>> superblock:
>>>>>>        e2fsck -b 8193<device>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am not sure what I should do next.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you in advance for any suggestions...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Todd
>>>>>>
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