Schedule patches from RHN Satellite fails with "Schedule patches from RHN or Satellite fails with "Transaction Check Error: installing package <package name> needs MB on the <partaion name> filesystem [[6]]" (code -1) "

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Issue

  • Schedule update of kernel package fails with following message:
This action's status is: Failed.
The client picked up this action on 11/26/12 3:53:28 PM CET.
The client completed this action on 11/26/12 3:53:33 PM CET.
Client execution returned "Error while executing packages action: Transaction Check Error: installing package kernel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.x86_64 needs 10MB on the /boot filesystem [[6]]" (code -1)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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