Description of problem: Attempt to upgrade F12 to F13beta using preupgrade fails because downloaded /boot/upgrade/install.img overflows /boot partition. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): # yum info preupgrade Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit Installed Packages Name : preupgrade Arch : noarch Version : 1.1.4 Release : 1.fc12 Size : 347 k Repo : installed From repo : updates Summary : Prepares a system for an upgrade URL : https://fedorahosted.org/preupgrade/ How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. su - root 2. cd /tmp 3. yum install preupgrade # (if not already present) 4. preupgrade 5. select F13 Actual results: preupgrade terminates when out of space on /boot partition. Expected results: upgrade to F13beta Additional info: F12 installation built using default disk layout. Uninstalling old kernels made no difference # df -lk Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/vg_staid176508-lv_root 74695856 7605932 63295596 11% / tmpfs 506820 444 506376 1% /dev/shm /dev/sda1 198337 198313 0 100% /boot # ls -Rlt /boot /boot: total 18253 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 1024 2010-04-13 17:03 upgrade drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 1024 2010-04-13 16:56 grub -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 12860855 2010-04-07 18:41 initramfs-2.6.32.10-90.fc12.x86_64.img -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2099548 2010-03-23 10:01 System.map-2.6.32.10-90.fc12.x86_64 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 101075 2010-03-23 10:01 config-2.6.32.10-90.fc12.x86_64 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 3604032 2010-03-23 10:01 vmlinuz-2.6.32.10-90.fc12.x86_64 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 1024 2009-12-24 12:12 efi drwx------. 2 root root 12288 2009-12-24 11:57 lost+found /boot/upgrade: total 173918 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 143750144 2010-04-13 17:05 install.img -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 30546532 2010-04-12 19:08 initrd.img -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 3789568 2010-04-12 19:08 vmlinuz /boot/grub: total 305 -rw-------. 1 root root 740 2010-04-13 16:56 grub.conf -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 125424 2009-12-24 12:28 stage2 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 14864 2009-12-24 12:28 e2fs_stage1_5 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 16120 2009-12-24 12:28 reiserfs_stage1_5 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 512 2009-12-24 12:28 stage1 ...
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 573451 ***