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From: wabe <wabenbau@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub-0.97-r16 and profile 17.0 change
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 03:20:14 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171205031906.3550eb14@hal9000.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48a56eed-833e-cfaa-45d6-2a489970e6df@gmail.com>

Daniel Frey <djqfrey@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/03/17 07:12, Mick wrote:
> > On 03-12-2017 ,10:57:33, Peter Humphrey wrote:  
> >> On Saturday, 2 December 2017 12:30:57 GMT Mick wrote:  
> >>> I'm getting this error after I changed my profile as per
> >>> '2017-11-30-new-17-
> >>> profiles' news item:  
> >>>>>> Compiling source
> >>>>>> in /data/tmp_var/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r16/work/  
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>  
> >>> However, sys-boot/grub-0.97-r17 installed fine once keyworded on
> >>> this (mostly) stable system.  This may save time for others who
> >>> come across the same problem.  
> >>
> >> It has. Thanks Mick.
> >>  
> >> -- >> Regards,  
> >> Peter.
> > > Unfortunately, an older system with only 50MB /boot partition did
> > > not  
> > have enough space to allow sys-boot/grub-0.97-r17 to install all its
> > files and fs drivers.  I ended up restoring /boot from a back up.
> > YMMV. I have a 250MB /boot partition and have the same problem, and
> > I only have one kernel installed at ~5MB.  
> 
> I wonder how much space it needs in total now...
> 
> Dan

I'm using a hardened system with grub-0.97-r16 and have a 93MB boot 
partition. It contains eight kernels each about 6.7MB in size and the 
associated System.map files each about 2.2MB in size and I have still 
13MB free space in boot. 

How could this be?

--
Regards
wabe


  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-12-05  2:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-02 12:30 [gentoo-user] grub-0.97-r16 and profile 17.0 change Mick
2017-12-02 21:28 ` [gentoo-user] " Ian Zimmerman
2017-12-02 23:28   ` Mick
2017-12-03  2:11     ` Adam Carter
2017-12-02 23:33   ` Michael Orlitzky
2017-12-03  1:07     ` Heiko Baums
2017-12-03  1:14       ` Michael Orlitzky
2017-12-03  2:18         ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-12-03  2:27           ` Michael Orlitzky
2017-12-03 10:57 ` [gentoo-user] " Peter Humphrey
2017-12-03 15:12   ` Mick
2017-12-05  1:54     ` Daniel Frey
2017-12-05  2:13       ` Daniel Frey
2017-12-05  2:15         ` Michael Orlitzky
2017-12-05  3:39           ` Daniel Frey
2017-12-05 10:15             ` Peter Humphrey
2017-12-05 10:44             ` Tom H
2017-12-05  7:06         ` [gentoo-user] " Ian Zimmerman
2017-12-05  2:20       ` wabe [this message]
2017-12-05 10:11         ` [gentoo-user] " Mick
2017-12-05 10:21           ` Raffaele Belardi
2017-12-05 12:48             ` Mick
2017-12-06  1:58           ` wabe
2017-12-06 12:28     ` Peter Humphrey
2017-12-07 12:04       ` Kai Peter
2017-12-07 14:22         ` Peter Humphrey
2017-12-07 15:06           ` Helmut Jarausch
2017-12-07 16:51           ` Kai Peter

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