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On Monday, 27 June 2022 11:03:51 BST Dale wrote: |
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> Guillermo García wrote: |
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> > Hello, |
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> > I was updating my gentoo install, and now it says that /boot has 0 |
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> > bytes, however i don't know why since i never save anything in that |
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> > folder. |
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> > Any idea on what can i do? |
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> > Thanks. |
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> I'd start by doing this: |
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> du -shc /boot/* | sort -h |
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> That will show the size of files in /boot and sort them from smallest to |
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> largest. It could be that you have a large number of kernels and maybe |
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> init thingys in there. If so, some house cleaning may be required. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Also check the output of mount, or findmnt, to determine if /boot is the |
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mountpoint of a partition and if it is currently mounted or not. |
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The /boot directory is typically where the boot manager files are installed, as |
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well as the kernel & initrd images, kernel config and System.map files. |
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