On 8/28/06, John Hinton <webmaster at ew3d.com> wrote: > Rodrigo Barbosa wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 03:09:06PM +1200, Tony Wicks wrote: > > > >>> 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 > >>> > >> 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. > >> > >> > > > > You are quite wrong there. Are is plenty of gain on "correct partitioning". > > Having the correct number of partitions will make it possible to you > > to have partitions with different flag (/usr as read-only, /tmp as > > nosuid/noexec, /var/log as non-journaling etc), giving you flexibility, > > speed and security. > > > > The problem is that many people (not saying that is the case here) > > don't know how to do it right, or even why they are doing it. In > > those cases, they should stick to the 4 basic partitions (/boot, /, > > /tmp and swap). But if you know what you are going, partitioning the > > disk correctly is the best thing to do. > > > Agreed.. not to mention what happens when the single partition fills! > It's nice to have the OS pretty much protected from no space. > > Anyway, back to the root of the problem. If the machine has been running > a while and has been updated regularly, you likely have 2, 3, 4, or more > kernels on the system. Uninstall one or more of the older ones 'NOT' in > use and you'll have room again. If it's multi-processor, you'll have two > kernels for each update. Just be sure you are only removing the kernels > and the old ones. you can use this, # yum install yum-utils # package-cleanup --oldkernels regards, Guillermo.