Boot partition full

Legin76

• April 10, 2014 03:59

I'm not sure why it's so small but its only 97mb. I've done the following checks but am still not sure exactly what's safe to remove. Could someone please clarify this for me. root@srv05 [~]# uname -a Linux srv05.domain.com 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Mar 25 19:59:55 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@srv05 [~]# rpm -qa | grep kernel abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.8-21.el6.centos.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 kernel-firmware-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.noarch kernel-headers-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64 libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.9-19.el6.centos.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 dracut-kernel-004-336.el6_5.2.noarch kernel-2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64 root@srv05 [~]# rpm -e kernel error: "kernel" specifies multiple packages: kernel-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 root@srv05 [~]# rpm -q kernel kernel-smp kernel-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 package kernel-smp is not installed ls -lah /boot total 87M dr-xr-xr-x. 5 root root 3.0K Apr 10 09:44 ./ dr-xr-xr-x. 25 root root 4.0K Apr 9 14:41 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 99K Apr 18 2012 config-2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 99K Jun 18 2012 config-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 99K Dec 6 2011 config-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103K Mar 25 20:25 config-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 1.0K Apr 20 2012 efi/ drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 1.0K Apr 9 14:11 grub/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15M Apr 20 2012 initramfs-2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15M Jul 6 2012 initramfs-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.img -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 15M Apr 20 2012 initramfs-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64.img -rw------- 1 root root 17M Apr 9 14:11 initramfs-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64.img drwx------. 2 root root 12K Apr 20 2012 lost+found/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 168K Apr 18 2012 symvers-2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 168K Jun 18 2012 symvers-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.gz -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 168K Dec 6 2011 symvers-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190K Mar 25 20:26 symvers-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.3M Apr 18 2012 System.map-2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.3M Jun 18 2012 System.map-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2.3M Dec 6 2011 System.map-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.5M Mar 25 20:25 System.map-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3.8M Apr 18 2012 vmlinuz-2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 Apr 18 2012 .vmlinuz-2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64.hmac -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3.8M Jun 18 2012 vmlinuz-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 Jun 18 2012 .vmlinuz-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64.hmac -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 3.8M Dec 6 2011 vmlinuz-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64* -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 166 Dec 6 2011 .vmlinuz-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64.hmac -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4.0M Mar 25 20:25 vmlinuz-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 Mar 25 20:25 .vmlinuz-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64.hmac

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 10, 2014 12:54

  Hello :) I do not believe 97M is large enough to handle the files added to the /boot partition. Are you able to backup/migrate the accounts and reinstall the OS/cPanel with the advised partition scheme? If so, you can find it here: cPanel Installation - Recommended Partition Setup If cleaning the /boot partition is your only option, then you could review this thread: Cleaning /boot partition However, note that even removing some older kernels might not free up enough space. Thank you.

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  Legin76

  • April 10, 2014 13:16

  Thanks. The size of the boot partition is as set by Softlayer but the recommended amount is 99mb so if more is required then the recommended levels need to be changed. I'm still not 100% sure which are safe to remove... Is that anything before kernel-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64? And would the yum command be "yum remove kernel-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64" or do I need to list each of the files individually?

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 10, 2014 17:01

  Were you able to review the other thread I referenced to get a better idea of what kernel you are currently running? It provides an answer to the questions you have asked. Thank you.

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  texo

  • April 10, 2014 20:16

  Hi Do this: uname -r
  this will list the current kernel, which you MUST NOT remove rpm -qa | grep kernel|sort
  this will list all the kernels in boot Then rpm -e --nodeps
  

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  Legin76

  • April 11, 2014 09:16

  Thank you for your help guys. I read though it again and removed the oldest unused files. I didn't realise that the one command would remove all the files for that version.

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