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On 03/05/2017 03:57 PM, Dale wrote: |
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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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>>> |
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>>> and decided to switch to: |
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>>> linux-4.9.6-gentoo-r1 |
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>>> |
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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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>>> |
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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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>>> |
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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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>>> |
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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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> 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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The System.map is needed, especially by VirtualBox so getting rid of |
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this file is not a good idea. |
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Yes, now it the /boot partition is 128MB but back few years ago was 30MB |
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If I'll be redoing it I'll make it 1GB |
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Thelma |
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