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Hey guys,

Was doing an update and received the error:

(30/80) Installing: kernel-desktop-3.11.10-21.1 …[error]
Installation of kernel-desktop-3.11.10-21.1 failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: installing package kernel-desktop-3.11.10-21.1.x86_64 needs 17MB on the /boot filesystem

I aborted, and then df -h

Found /boot is at 100%

What can I remove without messing up my installation?

Thanks :slight_smile:

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An older kernel.

Go into Yast Software Management.
Search for Kernel.
Click the “Versions” tab.

Find the oldest installed kernel (it is probably either “kernel-desktop” or “kernel-default”).

Remove the oldest, but keep the one you are current running. The command


uname -a

will tell you what you are currently running.

To remove, just click that entry on the versions tab, until it changes to delete (a red X).

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On 2014-08-16 23:16, Ninja1980 wrote:

> Found /boot is at 100%

How big is it?

how many kernels do you have installed?

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

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multidistro, woops mulitversion kernel in the works? :slight_smile:

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I had the same issue, I believe because I always do an Upgrade to the new version of opensuse and never a “delete - fresh install” when a new version becomes available. I used GPARTED to rearrange my partitions, i.e. made \boot much bigger than it was after the first installation of opensuse 12.1. Works fin for me.

regards, erich

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Fedora distribution keeps only last three kernels in default setting.
So when new kernel is issued, the fourth oldest is automatically removed.

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openSUS keeps 3 by default you can adjust for more or less

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Where can I adjust this option?

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/etc/zypp/zypp.conf:

## Comma separated list of kernel packages to keep installed in parallel, if the
## above multiversion variable is set. Packages can be specified as
## 2.6.32.12-0.7 - Exact version to keep
## latest        - Keep kernel with the highest version number
## latest-N      - Keep kernel with the Nth highest version number
## running       - Keep the running kernel
## oldest        - Keep kernel with the lowest version number (the GA kernel)
## oldest+N      - Keep kernel with the Nth lowest version number
##
## Note: This entry is not evaluated by libzypp, but by the
##       purge-kernels service (via /sbin/purge-kernels).
##
## Default: Do not delete any kernels if multiversion = provides:multiversion(kernel) is set
multiversion.kernels = latest,latest-1,running

The default is to keep two kernels effectively, as normally running==latest.
You do need to have space for three though, because a third one is going to be installed. One of them is then removed during the next boot one.

And you can disable multiple kernels completely by commenting the “multiversion” option a bit above that.

If your kernels are not removed, make sure that purge-kernels.service is enabled:

systemctl status purge-kernels.service

Or use YaST->System->Services Manager to check that it is enabled and enable it if not.

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Thank you.