[Bug 31126] Re: [Bug 31126] Re: Kernel panic after installation of linux-386 [Dapper]

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 06:36:23AM -0000, Erich Pawlik wrote:
> To Matt's question: Do you still need a log and if yes, where can I find it?

No, thanks.  It seems likely that indeed the problem was caused by running
out of disk space on /boot, and Adam has acknowledged that that case isn't
handled correctly at the moment.

> I am not sure whether I like the idea that the installation of the new
> kernel aborts in case of missing disk space. I rather would prefer that an
> older kernel version gets deinstalled (I don't need four or five kernel
> versions, two is enough, the new one and the latest working)

It is important to keep the solution simple in these cases in order to
maintain robustness; the installation should simply abort.

Note that a separate /boot is only needed in very special configurations
today (e.g., RAID-5 or LVM root), so in general this should be a rare
occurrence.

-- 
 - mdz
-- 
Kernel panic after installation of linux-386 [Dapper]
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/31126