Hello

I have a linux box that is running redhat 7.1, which has been fine for about two years. The other day I was doing an update and I got his error message.

Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
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RPM package conflict error. The message was:
Test install failed because of package conflicts:
installing package kernel-2.4.20-20.7 needs 8Mb on the / filesystem

I checked my partitions and it seems that there is 8Mb free?

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda8 251M 217M 21M 91% /
/dev/sda1 53M 32M 18M 64% /boot
/dev/sda6 5.4G 2.5G 2.6G 48% /home
/dev/sda5 5.4G 949M 4.1G 19% /usr
/dev/sda9 251M 175M 63M 74% /var
none 251M 0 250M 0% /dev/shm

When I checked it initially, the /var directory did not have enough space on it. So I moved a few things around and I freed up 63Mb.

Anyone got any ideas why this problem is happening?

Cheers

Welcome ot LQ.

Your / partiiton is VERY low on space. It is possible that there isn't free space. Check your /tmp directory etc and try to free up some more space.

Adding on david_ross' post,

Your /boot is almost full (32 MB used).
I believe you have more than two kernels currently install on your system, correct ?
If yes, maybe you should consider removing the old ones.

Hi

I have looked at my boot partition: -

boot.0800 map System.map-2.4.2-2smp
boot.b message vmlinux-2.4.18-27.7.x
chain.b module-info vmlinux-2.4.20-18.7
config-2.4.18-27.7.x module-info-2.4.18-27.7.x vmlinux-2.4.20-18.7smp
config-2.4.20-18.7 module-info-2.4.20-18.7 vmlinux-2.4.20-19.7
config-2.4.20-18.7smp module-info-2.4.20-18.7smp vmlinux-2.4.20-19.7smp
config-2.4.20-19.7 module-info-2.4.20-19.7 vmlinux-2.4.2-2
config-2.4.20-19.7smp module-info-2.4.20-19.7smp vmlinux-2.4.2-2smp
initrd-2.4.18-27.7.x.img module-info-2.4.2-2 vmlinuz
initrd-2.4.20-18.7.img module-info-2.4.2-2smp vmlinuz-2.4.18-27.7.x
initrd-2.4.20-18.7smp.img os2_d.b vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.7
initrd-2.4.20-19.7.img System.map vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.7smp
initrd-2.4.20-19.7smp.img System.map-2.4.18-27.7.x vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.7
initrd-2.4.2-2.img System.map-2.4.20-18.7 vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.7smp
initrd-2.4.2-2smp.img System.map-2.4.20-18.7smp vmlinuz-2.4.2-2
kernel.h System.map-2.4.20-19.7 vmlinuz-2.4.2-2smp
kernel.h-2.4.9 System.map-2.4.20-19.7smp
lost+found System.map-2.4.2-2

I have never removed anything from my boot sector before and I am a bit worried about screwing up my system.

Suggestions on my next step would be much appreciated.

Cheers

My... you have alot of kernels.

You can safetly remove the old kernels from your system.
The following command will query the RPM database for all the Kernels (old and new).
Using the list, use the rpm remove syntax to delete all the old kernels.
For example:
Keep the most recent kernel (2.4.20-19.7). You get the idea.

Many thanks Mathieu