[CentOS] Can't update kernel, says not enough space

Tony Wicks tony at prophecy.net.nz
Mon Aug 28 03:09:06 UTC 2006


This is why I've always been opposed to this "over partitioning" that 
people do. It made some sense when hard drives were 2 gig but now it 
just causes problems for no tangible gain.


> 
> On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 09:59:04PM -0500, techlist wrote:
>> Transaction Check Error:   installing package kernel-2.6.9-42.0.2.EL needs 
>> 6MB on the / filesystem
>>
>> But I have much more than 6M:
> 
> That is a common, confusing error.
> 
> What it should say is "needs 6MB more than what is currently avaliable".
> 
> []s




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