RPM Package Conflict Error
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... ######################################## 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. :D
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). Code:
rpm -qa | grep kernel For example: Code:
rpm -e kernel-2.4.20-8 |
Many thanks Mathieu:D
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