On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 11:12:17 -0700 Stuart McGraw <smcg4...@frii.com> wrote:

> I made a mistake when I installed my Fedora 21 system -- I
> specified a /boot partition size of 200MB rather than the
> recommended 500MB -- and didn't notice my mistake until
> I had too much time invested in the install to redo it to
> correct the size.  (I am using plain vanilla ext4 partitions
> not lvm).
> 
> When I tried to do a yum upgrade today (which includes a
> new kernel) it failed with a message that my boot partition
> space was short by 6MB.
> 
> What can I do to fix or mitigate this problem?  There are
> currently 3 kernels and a forth (the biggest) with "rescue"
> in its name.  Do I need that if I create a rescue CD to
> boot from?  Can I arrange things to keep only one extra
> kernel instead of two?  How?
> 
> Suggestions or pointers to information couched in simple
> terms (I haven't had to deal with any of this boot stuff
> in 15+ years) will be very much appreciated.
> -- 

I have not tried this ever, but I think you may be able to repartition using 
gparted.

Many thanks,
Ranjan

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