Kernel upgrade fails due to insufficient space on boot partition.
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Environment
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Service Pack 4 (SLED 10 SP4)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 Service Pack 4 (SLED 11 SP4)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 4 (SLES 10 SP4)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 4 (SLES 11 SP4)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 1 (SLES 12 SP1)
Situation
Installation of kernel-default-3.12.67-60.64.18.1 failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: installing package kernel-default-3.12.67-60.64.18.1.x86_64 needs 17MB on /boot filesystem
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a):
Resolution
hostname:~ # mkdir /tmp/bootIf patching completes successfully, run an ls on /boot to verify the new vmlinuz and initrd images exist before attempting a reboot:
hostname:~ # cd /boot
hostname:/boot # mv vmlinu* initrd* /tmp/boot
hostname:/boot # zypper patch
hostname:/boot # ls
Cause
Additional Information
Disclaimer
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- Document ID:7018350
- Creation Date: 02-Dec-2016
- Modified Date:03-Mar-2020
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