Ran up2date and received this nasty message,

Test install failed because of package conflicts:
installing package kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL needs 3MB on the /boot filesystem

Apparently when I first installed I used the default MBR size which is supposedly 0.10GB and it is now filled up? Does that make any sense?

Does anyone know how to safely repartition the drives, or is there another fix (or problem)?

thanks

andy

The term "MBR" is an abbreviation for "Mater Boot Record" and has a specific technical meaning. The MBR is located on the first sector of your hard drive and is a fixed 512KB in size; it contains your partition table and any bootloader that you have installed. The MBR cannot be "resized" so your question doesn't make a lot of sense as posed.

From the error message in your post, it appears what you are trying to say is that you have set up a separate /boot partition and it is apparently filled and as a result, your system will not allow you to install a new kernel. You can try resizing your /boot partition and make it bigger but back up before attempting any partition resize operation as there is some risk of data loss. A good free tool for working with linux partitions is gparted:

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

Get the livecd version and see if you can resize the /boot partition to give you a little more space that you need.

As a quick resolution ...you can remove the old kernel files from /boot. *PLEASE do not delete the kernel file in which you are currently booting the system.* ...You can also remove the related initrd files.

Thanks, I did not know that the kernel was written on /boot and all one had to do was remove the old files. That worked great.

andy