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thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> On 03/05/2017 02:33 PM, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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>> After upgrading my machine. I rebooted, everything went as planned. |
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>> So I decided to upgrade to a newer kernel. I was using: |
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>> linux-3.10.7-gentoo-r1 |
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>> and decided to switch to: |
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>> linux-4.9.6-gentoo-r1 |
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>> I've done kernel upgrade many, many times so it was a routine procedure. When I re-booted the last thing on the screen were letter: |
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>> "GRUB" and blank screen, not even a kernel selection. |
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>> I scramble, boot strap the system and copied two file in /boot/ |
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>> kernel-old --> kernel-current |
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>> System.map-old --> System.map-current |
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>> I was under impression that something is wrong with the current (newest kernel). But it seems to me I run out of room on the /boot partition. |
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> [snip] |
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>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.9M Mar 5 11:03 System.map-current |
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>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.9M Mar 5 10:12 System.map-old |
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> [snip] |
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> |
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> Can I remove System.map files from /boot partition? |
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> I don't have any reference to these files in grub.conf. |
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> |
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> default 0 |
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> timeout 30 |
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> splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz |
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> |
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> title Gentoo Current Kernel |
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> root (hd0,0) |
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> kernel /boot/kernel-current root=/dev/sda3 vga=normal |
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> |
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> title Gentoo Old Kernel |
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> root (hd0,0) |
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> kernel /boot/kernel-old root=/dev/sda3 |
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> This would save me almost 6Mb |
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> -- |
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> Thelma |
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> . |
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I'm pretty sure grub uses that file. I've never tested the theory. |
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Why such a small /boot? My OS is installed on a fairly small 160GB hard |
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drive. I made /boot about 400MBs and later wished it was bigger. I |
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later wanted to put a ISO image there for sysrescue. If I were to set |
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up a new system now with that same size or larger drive, I'd likely make |
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/boot 1GB and maybe even 2GBs in size. The amount of space is not that |
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large compared to the size of the hard drive. If one is pressed to save |
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space that bad on a system, maybe they need a larger drive?? |
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You mentioned following a guide on that size. I have to ask, just how |
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old was that guide? I looked at the Gentoo install guide, it suggests |
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128MBs for /boot, which I think is to small. Whatever guide you were |
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using, it must be old and need some updating. I'm not sure I'd follow |
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that one until it was. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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