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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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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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default 0 |
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timeout 30 |
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splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz |
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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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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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Thelma |
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