While removing old kernels to free /boot space we are getting an error: "Read-only file system"
Issue
- We are trying to apply quaterly patch to our RHEL servers but getting space issue in the /boot filesystem.
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While removing old kernel ( dnf remove --oldinstallonly --setopt installonly_limit=2 kernel -y) its throwing an error:
# dnf remove --oldinstallonly --setopt installonly_limit=2 kernel -y Updating Subscription Management repositories. This system has release set to 9 and it receives updates only for this release. Dependencies resolved. ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= Package Architecture Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= Removing: kernel x86_64 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5 @rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 0 kernel-core x86_64 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5 @rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 66 M kernel-devel x86_64 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5 @rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 68 M kernel-modules x86_64 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5 @rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 33 M kernel-modules-core x86_64 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5 @rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms 27 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= Remove 5 Packages Freed space: 194 M Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Erasing : kernel-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 1/5 Running scriptlet: kernel-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 1/5 Erasing : kernel-modules-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 2/5 Running scriptlet: kernel-modules-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 2/5 Erasing : kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 3/5 Running scriptlet: kernel-core-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 4/5 rm: cannot remove '/boot/vmlinuz-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64': Read-only file system rm: cannot remove '/boot/System.map-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64': Read-only file system rm: cannot remove '/boot/config-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64': Read-only file system rm: cannot remove '/boot/.vmlinuz-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64.hmac': Read-only file system rm: cannot remove '/boot/symvers-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64.gz': Read-only file system rm: cannot remove '/boot/initramfs-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64.img': Read-only file system error: %preun(kernel-core-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 Error in PREUN scriptlet in rpm package kernel-core Erasing : kernel-devel-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 5/5 error: kernel-core-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64: erase failed Running scriptlet: kernel-devel-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 5/5 Verifying : kernel-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 1/5 Verifying : kernel-core-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 2/5 Verifying : kernel-devel-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 3/5 Verifying : kernel-modules-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 4/5 Verifying : kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 5/5 Installed products updated. Uploading Tracer Profile Removed: kernel-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 kernel-devel-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 kernel-modules-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 Failed: kernel-core-5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5.x86_64 Error: Transaction failed
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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