How to resize the /boot partition?

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Issue

  • Is it possible to increase/expand the size of /boot?
  • How to extend /boot size?
  • The filesystem /boot is out of space, how can it be resized?
  • Boot partition out of room and we are unable to update the new kernel?
  • Currently /boot shows:
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1        97M   89M  3.3M  97% /boot
/dev/sda2 ...

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

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