Not sure if this is your problem if you are running dnf upgrade from the command line there is a setting that saves the downloads so /var/cache starts to fill up
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/265755/fedora-23-can-i-safely-delete-files-in-var-cache-packagekit-metadata-updates#290636 run df -h and check space on /dev/mapper/fedora-root 49G 38G 9.4G 80% / on my 120 gb ssd drive it was at 97% sudo pkcon refresh force -c -1 On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 6:03 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com> wrote: > On 05/26/18 08:47, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > On 05/25/2018 05:28 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > >> On 05/26/18 07:55, ToddAndMargo wrote: > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> FC 28 > >>> > >>> I used the default /boot size in Fedora 25, when I first > >>> installed this: > >>> > >>> # dnf upgrade > >>> > >>> Error: Transaction check error: > >>> installing package kernel-core-4.16.11-300.fc28.x86_64 needs 34MB > on the /boot > >>> filesystem > >>> > >>> Error Summary > >>> ------------- > >>> Disk Requirements: > >>> At least 34MB more space needed on the /boot filesystem. > >>> > >>> Does this mean I have to do the gparted thing and rick messing > >>> everything up? Or is there a work around for this? > >>> > >>> > >>> # df -kTP /boot > >>> Filesystem Type 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on > >>> /dev/md126p1 ext4 487652 186803 271153 41% /boot > >>> > >> > >> You should realize that the error message you are getting makes little > sense. > >> > >> Chances are your system has 3 kernels installed and potentially a > "rescue" kernel. > >> With that your /boot has 187MB used with 271MB available. 41% of the > disk space has > >> been consumed. > >> > >> It doesn't make any sense that the next kernel will need 271MB + 34MB > to install. > >> > >> As a comparison. I have 3 kernels installed (including 4.16.11-300) + > a "rescue" > >> kernel and > >> > >> [root@meimei boot]# df /boot > >> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > >> /dev/sda1 1408512 214880 1104032 17% /boot > >> > >> Or just 214MB used in total. > >> > >> The first message shows "needs 34MB on the /boot filesystem" which > seems about > >> right. On my system... > >> > >> initramfs-4.16.10-300 = 22MB > >> vmlinuz-4.16.10-300 = 8.3MB > >> System.map-4.16.10-300 = 3.9MB > >> > >> The fact that the next message says " At least 34MB more space > needed..." seems to > >> be saying that dnf think the /boot filesystem is full. > > > > Hi Ed, > > > > Does this help? > > > > # du -k /boot > > 7078 /boot/grub2/themes/system > > 7080 /boot/grub2/themes > > 1316 /boot/grub2/fonts > > 4135 /boot/grub2/locale > > 2253 /boot/grub2/i386-pc > > 14796 /boot/grub2 > > 13 /boot/lost+found > > 2 /boot/loader/entries > > 4 /boot/loader > > 4 /boot/efi/System/Library/CoreServices > > 6 /boot/efi/System/Library > > 8 /boot/efi/System > > 2 /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/loader/entries > > 4 /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/loader > > 2 /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/fonts > > 7335 /boot/efi/EFI/fedora > > 1436 /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT > > 8773 /boot/efi/EFI > > 8785 /boot/efi > > 1067 /boot/extlinux > > 184927 /boot > > > > > > This has a lot of fc27 junk left over: > > > > # rpm -qa kernel\* | grep fc27 > > kernel-core-4.16.7-200.fc27.x86_64 > > kernel-modules-extra-4.16.7-200.fc27.x86_64 > > kernel-modules-4.16.7-200.fc27.x86_64 > > > > And that got rid of 87 Meg. > > Prior to freeing 87MB, was the system telling you you needed 121MB > additional space? > > > > > And I still need 34 more MB > > > > # df -kPT /boot > > Filesystem Type 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on > > /dev/md126p1 ext4 487652 186803 271153 41% /boot > > > > now I have > > > > # rpm -qa kernel\* > > kernel-modules-extra-4.16.8-300.fc28.x86_64 > > kernel-modules-4.16.9-300.fc28.x86_64 > > kernel-core-4.16.8-300.fc28.x86_64 > > kernel-core-4.16.9-300.fc28.x86_64 > > kernel-4.16.9-300.fc28.x86_64 > > kernel-4.16.8-300.fc28.x86_64 > > kernel-modules-extra-4.16.9-300.fc28.x86_64 > > kernel-modules-4.16.8-300.fc28.x86_64 > > kernel-headers-4.16.9-300.fc28.x86_64 > > > > > > I don't get it > > > > > > Let me restate. > > You have plenty of space with 271MB free. > > dnf seems confused. I don't know why. Maybe running dnf with -v will > show more > information. > > -- > Conjecture is just a conclusion based on incomplete information. It isn't > a fact. > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists. > fedoraproject.org/message/UBMFC4DHPDRHOVYSFKNWUNZZ4N4GDM6B/ > >
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