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myles
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 Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 11:06 pm Post subject: Genkernel error - want to remake the boot |
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My situation is similar to this guys: here and another one just recently.
Basically, I'm trying to upgrade a minor revision of a kernel, when I try "cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.9-gentoo-r6 " it gives me:
| Code: | cp: writing `/boot/kernel-2.6.9-gentoo-r6': No space left on device
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It's a 32MB boot partition and I only have files relating to two kernels in there (kernel 2.6.9 and 2.6.10) I don't see how I can't have space on here. I checked to see how much space these files are accumulating, and it reports around 7.1MB. But then it reports free space: 0B out of 39.2 MB (100% used)
Sigh, I just don't know, sirs, I just don't know.  Someone hinted that it may have to do with the boot being reiserfs because whenever I try to mount /boot, it also reports that its either busy or already mounted. I'm gussing I should remake the boot partition, but the thing is I already installed everything and I'm on xorg and kde and what not. If I were to remake the boot partition, how would I got about doing that? |
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Suicidal
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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From far as I can tell you would need to format the partition
re-emerge your bootloader
re-install the bootloader (to be safe)
and remake your config.
Also withthe reiserfs partition on boot make sure notail is listed in the options on your fstab for boot. |
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myles
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:07 am Post subject: |
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| Suicidal wrote: | From far as I can tell you would need to format the partition
re-emerge your bootloader
re-install the bootloader (to be safe)
and remake your config.
Also withthe reiserfs partition on boot make sure notail is listed in the options on your fstab for boot. |
Are there any tools which I can format the partition?
EDIT: Or would I be able to boot via live cd, format the /boot partition with ext and then reinstall the kernel through chroot? I'm just concerned when I reformat the partition, all the usual boot files in /boot will be gone and I'd have to reinstall doing genkernel again. |
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myles
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:15 am Post subject: |
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nevermind, I just did. But it took me more than an hour because GRUB didn't want to cooperate.
I reverted my /boot partition to ext2 instead of reiserfs. It all works now. |
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