Re: yum install error

[Julia Garibaldi]

Are you running the yum command as root?

2008/3/15 Ahmed Kamal <email.ahmedkamal(a)googlemail.com&gt;:

>  First guess is that /boot partition is full ? Check with
>  df -h /boot
>
>  If it really is full, try removing older kernel packages you don't need.
>  Perhaps kernel-xen or so ? You can get a listing with
>  rpm -qa "kernel*"
>
>  Then remove a kernel that you are *not* using! If you are unsure what all
>  of this means, perhaps it's best to learn before you act
>
>  Regards
>
>
>  On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Forerunner <forerunner117(a)gmail.com&gt;
>  wrote:
>
>  > when I try to install or update some programs with yum I get this error
>  >
>  >
>  > > Transaction Check Error:
>  > >   installing package kernel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8.i686 needs 108KB on the
>  > /boot filesystem
>  > >
>  > and I also get the same errors with other packages.  Anyone have a clue
>  > on what's going on?
>  >
>  >
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