[CentOS] /boot partition too small
Sorin Srbu
Sorin.Srbu at orgfarm.uu.se
Wed Oct 11 06:00:59 UTC 2017
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
> Sent: den 11 oktober 2017 07:57
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] /boot partition too small
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of KM
> > Sent: den 10 oktober 2017 21:06
> > To: centos at centos.org; Phil Perry <pperry at elrepo.org>
> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] /boot partition too small
> >
> > Do i need to do something special or is it as easy as:
> > - save the contents of the current /boot - umount /boot and change the
> > /etc/fstab so it doesn't mount again- create a boot directory that is
in
> > the root filesystem- copy the contents back
> > I realize the physical/current /boot will be a waste of space but it's
not
> > that
> > big so it's fine.
> > I thought i probably have to make configuration changes of some sort.
> > Again I apologize in advance since I am not really good at this
> > (partition/file
> > system). I have tried searching but am never sure exactly what I should
> > try. I need to find the "for dummies" version(s) of this. Thanks
again.
> > KM
>
> Assuming you have backups, if something should go south, you might want
> to try
> out the Gparted boot-iso.
>
> Using Gparted you should be able to shrink some of the other partitions,
and
> then grow the boot partition.
>
> More info on:
> https://gparted.org/index.php
>
> If you have another non-critical computer to test using Gparted on, do
that
> first before doing it "for real".
>
> Hope this helps.
Wait a sec, this was LVM right?
Not sure if Gparted supports that yet.
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//Sorin
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