[CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space
Todd Cary
todd at aristesoftware.com
Wed Mar 9 15:21:36 UTC 2011
OK, here is what I have after manually copying files back to
/boot, leaving behind old kernel files:
/boot/:
total 9169
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 9216 Mar 8 20:24 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Jan 24 08:34 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51676 Feb 17 22:41 config-2.6.9-100.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51645 Mar 8 17:38 config-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51270 Mar 8 17:38
config-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 8 20:38 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1343048 Mar 8 20:24 initrd-2.6.9-100.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 692224 Mar 8 17:51
initrd-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 8 17:51
initrd-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp.img
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Jan 12 2007 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9371 Mar 8 17:46 message
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9371 Mar 8 17:46 message.ja
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67797 Feb 17 22:41 symvers-2.6.9-100.EL.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67701 Mar 8 17:49
symvers-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68477 Mar 8 17:49
symvers-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 770652 Feb 17 22:41 System.map-2.6.9-100.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 769061 Mar 8 17:48
System.map-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 786055 Mar 8 17:48
System.map-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp
drwx------ 2 root root 9216 Mar 8 17:58 .Trash-root
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1538264 Feb 17 22:41 vmlinuz-2.6.9-100.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536995 Mar 8 17:47
vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472967 Mar 8 17:47
vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp
/boot/grub:
total 345
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 8 20:38 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 9216 Mar 8 20:24 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 82 Mar 8 17:39 device.map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7956 Mar 8 17:40 e2fs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7684 Mar 8 17:40 fat_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6996 Mar 8 17:40 ffs_stage1_5
-rw------- 2 root root 4240 Mar 8 20:24 grub.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7028 Mar 8 17:40 iso9660_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8448 Mar 8 17:40 jfs_stage1_5
-rw------- 2 root root 4240 Mar 8 20:24 menu.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7188 Mar 8 17:40 minix_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9396 Mar 8 17:40 reiserfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Mar 8 17:45 stage1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103688 Mar 8 17:45 stage2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67701 Mar 8 18:30
symvers-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68477 Mar 8 18:30
symvers-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7272 Mar 8 17:40 ufs2_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6612 Mar 8 17:40 vstafs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9308 Mar 8 17:40 xfs_stage1_5
/boot/lost+found:
total 22
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Jan 12 2007 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 9216 Mar 8 20:24 ..
/boot/.Trash-root:
total 81058
drwx------ 2 root root 9216 Mar 8 17:58 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 9216 Mar 8 20:24 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51502 Jan 14 2009 config-2.6.9-78.0.13.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51127 Jan 14 2009
config-2.6.9-78.0.13.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Sep 15 2009 config-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51239 Sep 15 2009
config-2.6.9-89.0.11.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Nov 3 2009 config-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51239 Nov 3 2009
config-2.6.9-89.0.16.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Dec 15 2009 config-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51239 Dec 15 2009
config-2.6.9-89.0.18.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Jan 8 2010 config-2.6.9-89.0.19.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51239 Jan 8 2010
config-2.6.9-89.0.19.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Feb 2 2010 config-2.6.9-89.0.20.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51239 Feb 2 2010
config-2.6.9-89.0.20.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51645 May 6 2010 config-2.6.9-89.0.25.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51270 May 6 2010
config-2.6.9-89.0.25.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51645 Aug 20 2010 config-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51270 Aug 20 2010
config-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51645 Oct 19 14:27 config-2.6.9-89.31.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51270 Oct 19 15:17
config-2.6.9-89.31.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51645 Dec 2 07:23 config-2.6.9-89.33.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51270 Dec 2 07:41
config-2.6.9-89.33.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51645 Jan 18 15:06 config-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51270 Jan 18 15:36
config-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 82 Jan 13 2007 device.map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7956 Jan 13 2007 e2fs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7684 Jan 13 2007 fat_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6996 Jan 13 2007 ffs_stage1_5
-rw------- 1 root root 4091 Jan 28 07:21 grub.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1333301 Mar 14 2009
initrd-2.6.9-78.0.13.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1319564 Mar 14 2009
initrd-2.6.9-78.0.13.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1342750 Sep 22 2009
initrd-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327296 Sep 22 2009
initrd-2.6.9-89.0.11.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1342746 Nov 26 2009
initrd-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327291 Nov 26 2009
initrd-2.6.9-89.0.16.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1342761 Dec 24 2009
initrd-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327310 Dec 24 2009
initrd-2.6.9-89.0.18.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1342742 Jan 26 2010
initrd-2.6.9-89.0.19.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327294 Jan 26 2010
initrd-2.6.9-89.0.19.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1342764 Feb 4 2010
initrd-2.6.9-89.0.20.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327296 Feb 4 2010
initrd-2.6.9-89.0.20.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1343054 Jun 11 2010
initrd-2.6.9-89.0.25.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327615 Jun 11 2010
initrd-2.6.9-89.0.25.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1343135 Aug 26 2010
initrd-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327568 Aug 26 2010
initrd-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1343143 Nov 12 07:39
initrd-2.6.9-89.31.1.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327711 Nov 12 07:39
initrd-2.6.9-89.31.1.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1343556 Jan 13 09:18
initrd-2.6.9-89.33.1.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1328928 Jan 13 09:17
initrd-2.6.9-89.33.1.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1343561 Jan 28 07:21
initrd-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1328788 Jan 28 07:21
initrd-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7028 Jan 13 2007 iso9660_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8448 Jan 13 2007 jfs_stage1_5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jan 13 2007 menu.lst -> ./grub.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9371 Aug 12 2006 message
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9371 Aug 12 2006 message.ja
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7188 Jan 13 2007 minix_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9396 Jan 13 2007 reiserfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3605 Aug 12 2006 splash.xpm.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jan 13 2007 stage1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103688 Jan 13 2007 stage2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66235 Jan 14 2009
symvers-2.6.9-78.0.13.EL.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67032 Jan 14 2009
symvers-2.6.9-78.0.13.ELsmp.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Sep 15 2009
symvers-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68382 Sep 15 2009
symvers-2.6.9-89.0.11.ELsmp.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Nov 3 2009
symvers-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68382 Nov 3 2009
symvers-2.6.9-89.0.16.ELsmp.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Dec 15 2009
symvers-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68382 Dec 15 2009
symvers-2.6.9-89.0.18.ELsmp.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Jan 8 2010
symvers-2.6.9-89.0.19.EL.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68382 Jan 8 2010
symvers-2.6.9-89.0.19.ELsmp.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Feb 2 2010
symvers-2.6.9-89.0.20.EL.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68382 Feb 2 2010
symvers-2.6.9-89.0.20.ELsmp.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67650 May 6 2010
symvers-2.6.9-89.0.25.EL.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68434 May 6 2010
symvers-2.6.9-89.0.25.ELsmp.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67650 Aug 20 2010
symvers-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68434 Aug 20 2010
symvers-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67667 Oct 19 14:30
symvers-2.6.9-89.31.1.EL.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68453 Oct 19 15:17
symvers-2.6.9-89.31.1.ELsmp.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67701 Dec 2 07:24
symvers-2.6.9-89.33.1.EL.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68477 Dec 2 07:42
symvers-2.6.9-89.33.1.ELsmp.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67701 Jan 18 15:07
symvers-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68477 Jan 18 15:36
symvers-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 780162 Jan 14 2009
System.map-2.6.9-78.0.13.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 797154 Jan 14 2009
System.map-2.6.9-78.0.13.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768606 Sep 15 2009
System.map-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 785600 Sep 15 2009
System.map-2.6.9-89.0.11.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768660 Nov 3 2009
System.map-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 785654 Nov 3 2009
System.map-2.6.9-89.0.16.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768688 Dec 15 2009
System.map-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 785682 Dec 15 2009
System.map-2.6.9-89.0.18.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768688 Jan 8 2010
System.map-2.6.9-89.0.19.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 785682 Jan 8 2010
System.map-2.6.9-89.0.19.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768688 Feb 2 2010
System.map-2.6.9-89.0.20.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 785682 Feb 2 2010
System.map-2.6.9-89.0.20.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768853 May 6 2010
System.map-2.6.9-89.0.25.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 785847 May 6 2010
System.map-2.6.9-89.0.25.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768881 Aug 20 2010
System.map-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 785875 Aug 20 2010
System.map-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 769059 Oct 19 14:27
System.map-2.6.9-89.31.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 786053 Oct 19 15:17
System.map-2.6.9-89.31.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 769059 Dec 2 07:23
System.map-2.6.9-89.33.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 786053 Dec 2 07:41
System.map-2.6.9-89.33.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 769061 Jan 18 15:06
System.map-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 786055 Jan 18 15:36
System.map-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7272 Jan 13 2007 ufs2_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1545561 Jan 14 2009 vmlinuz-2.6.9-78.0.13.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1483646 Jan 14 2009
vmlinuz-2.6.9-78.0.13.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1533468 Sep 15 2009 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472648 Sep 15 2009
vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.11.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536244 Nov 3 2009 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472608 Nov 3 2009
vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.16.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536254 Dec 15 2009 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472585 Dec 15 2009
vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.18.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536247 Jan 8 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.19.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472612 Jan 8 2010
vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.19.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536258 Feb 2 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.20.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472655 Feb 2 2010
vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.20.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536380 May 6 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.25.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472613 May 6 2010
vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.25.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536716 Aug 20 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472739 Aug 20 2010
vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536908 Oct 19 14:27 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.31.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472798 Oct 19 15:17
vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.31.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536830 Dec 2 07:23 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.33.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472713 Dec 2 07:41
vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.33.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536995 Jan 18 15:06 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472967 Jan 18 15:36
vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6612 Jan 13 2007 vstafs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9308 Jan 13 2007 xfs_stage1_5
On 3/9/2011 12:12 AM, Simon Matter wrote:
>> Yes...thank you for the suggestion...since that was the cause of
>> my problem in the first place!! I should have known better; all
>> I had to do was remove some of the outdated kernel files. And
>> when I did the dumb thing of deleting the /boot files, they were
>> moved into the "protected" .Trash-boot directory.
> OK, now let us know exactly what you have. Is it CentOS 4 as I expected?
> If so, the listing of files in /boot should look like so:
>
> [root at abc ~]# ls -laR /boot/
> /boot/:
> total 3771
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Mar 3 11:31 .
> drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Mar 3 11:37 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51676 Feb 18 07:41 config-2.6.9-100.EL
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 3 11:31 grub
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1364958 Mar 3 11:20 initrd-2.6.9-100.EL.img
> drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Jul 8 2005 lost+found
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9371 Aug 13 2006 message
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9371 Aug 13 2006 message.ja
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67797 Feb 18 07:41 symvers-2.6.9-100.EL.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 770652 Feb 18 07:41 System.map-2.6.9-100.EL
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1538264 Feb 18 07:41 vmlinuz-2.6.9-100.EL
>
> /boot/grub:
> total 198
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 3 11:31 .
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Mar 3 11:31 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 82 Aug 9 2005 device.map
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7956 Aug 9 2005 e2fs_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7684 Aug 9 2005 fat_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6996 Aug 9 2005 ffs_stage1_5
> -rw------- 1 root root 589 Mar 3 11:31 grub.conf
> -rw------- 1 root root 593 Aug 9 2005 grub.conf.orig
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7028 Aug 9 2005 iso9660_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8448 Aug 9 2005 jfs_stage1_5
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Aug 9 2005 menu.lst -> ./grub.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7188 Aug 9 2005 minix_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9396 Aug 9 2005 reiserfs_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3605 Aug 13 2006 splash.xpm.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Aug 9 2005 stage1
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103816 Aug 9 2005 stage2
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7272 Aug 9 2005 ufs2_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6612 Aug 9 2005 vstafs_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9308 Aug 9 2005 xfs_stage1_5
>
> /boot/lost+found:
> total 14
> drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Jul 8 2005 .
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Mar 3 11:31 ..
>
> 1) I don't know which tool you have used to move things to "Trash" but you
> should be aware that it may well be the case that some permissions and or
> file types like symlinks may not be correct after recovering from "Trash".
>
> 2) The directory "lost+found" can be recreated using the command
> 'mklost+found'
>
> 3) I'm not sure on how to make grub work again, but maybe some steps qre
> required after copying everything back to /boot. I hope someone else can
> give you better info about this.
>
> Simon
>
>
>>
>> Todd
>>
>> On 3/8/2011 5:51 PM, compdoc wrote:
>>> Besides recovering the files, you'll need to delete some of them to free
>>> up
>>> space.
>>>
>>> Here's an idea of how to go about it:
>>>
>>> http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19788
>>>
>>>
>>>
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