[SOLVED] Too small /boot partition

mibadt · 2011-02-08 11:12:03

Hi,
I did a fresh net 686 install on a laptop and followed Wiki's recommendation to create a separate 15MB ext2 /boot partition.
However, after full system upgrade that partition is almost full (only 807KB remain free).
Is this OK? Can I live with this or should I (how) resize that partition?
Please advise!
Thanks

Miki Badt

========copy of df -h=======

udev 10M 204K 9.9M 2% /dev
/dev/sda2 7.7G 2.6G 4.8G 35% /
shm 941M 216K 940M 1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1 15M 13M 807K 95% /boot
/dev/sda3 187G 193M 177G 1% /home
/dev/sda6 33G 33M 33G 1% /backup

=======copy of fstab

/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda2 / ext4 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda3 /home ext4 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda6 /backup xfs defaults 0 1
===================

Last edited by mibadt (2011-02-09 03:24:16)

litemotiv · 2011-02-08 11:26:09

Which wiki page advised you to do that? It seems very small for a boot partition.

mibadt · 2011-02-08 11:39:13

My error, wiki recommends 32MB.

pit · 2011-02-08 11:51:07

32MB is still too small. I'd say 50~100MB if you want to use diffrent kernels or just feeling safe

cedeel · 2011-02-08 12:26:49

That's just silly.
I have 2 arch systems, using the same boot partition.
Two kernel images per install (regular and fallback)

It's 38M with ~8M free.

karol · 2011-02-08 13:07:57

IIRC it was 100 MB as per the automatic installer but indeed the wiki says 32MB.

Last edited by karol (2011-02-08 13:10:01)

tomk · 2011-02-08 14:28:15

For resizing, boot into a live cd with the appropriate tools on it. Arch install cd is fine if you're ok working from cli, otherwise get something like the gparted live cd, grml, sysresccd, etc.

cesura · 2011-02-08 21:03:59

Way too small for a /boot partition. I always use ~200MB, but I also have a habit of backing up previous kernel images when I update.

If you want to easily resize, I suggest a gparted live CD (an Ubuntu CD or something of the sort will work if you don't want to burn another disc).
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

mibadt · 2011-02-09 03:25:45

Thanks all!
Solved by booting (from CD) SystemRescue, and using GParted to increase /boot partition to 40MB.

Last edited by mibadt (2011-02-09 03:26:09)

Arch Linux

#1 2011-02-08 11:12:03

[SOLVED] Too small /boot partition

#2 2011-02-08 11:26:09

Re: [SOLVED] Too small /boot partition

#3 2011-02-08 11:39:13

Re: [SOLVED] Too small /boot partition

#4 2011-02-08 11:51:07

Re: [SOLVED] Too small /boot partition

#5 2011-02-08 12:26:49

Re: [SOLVED] Too small /boot partition

#6 2011-02-08 13:07:57

Re: [SOLVED] Too small /boot partition

#7 2011-02-08 14:28:15

Re: [SOLVED] Too small /boot partition

#8 2011-02-08 21:03:59

Re: [SOLVED] Too small /boot partition

#9 2011-02-09 03:25:45

Re: [SOLVED] Too small /boot partition

Board footer