Guillermo Garron spake the following on 8/28/2006 8:03 AM: > 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 > How many kernels does this remove? I like to keep current and one older for a while. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!