Re: Initrd kernel and small /boot

["Eric C. Cooper" <ecc@cmu.edu>]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 10:53:24PM +0100, Frederik Vanrenterghem wrote:
> I'm experiencing problems apt-getting the latest 2.4 kernel on a sid
> system which I have set up with a /boot partition of 5MB. The partition
> gets filled up, and installation fails.
> 
> Any thoughts on how I could install this kernel, without rolling my own?

Try not using a separate /boot partition -- just have /boot
on your root partition:

       cp -a /boot /newboot
       umount /boot
       # comment out the /boot line in /etc/fstab
       mv /newboot /boot
       apt-get install <your new kernel>
       lilo -v
       # Have a boot floppy/rescue disk handy, just in case!
       reboot

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Eric C. Cooper          e c c @ c m u . e d u