[CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

Tue Mar 8 23:39:18 UTC 2011
Todd Cary <todd at aristesoftware.com>

Simon -

Did I screw up?  I deleted what was in /boot!

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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