Fons Adriaensen wrote: I second the suggestion for backup. Also, before doing anything, have a rescue CD, or equivalent. And verify you are able to boot with it, and access the data.

Hello all,

I'm having a problem with updating a laptop: the /boot partition is too small for the new ramfs images.

The system uses GPT partioning and BIOS boot using syslinux.

/dev/sda1 1M Type = BIOS Boot

Looks to me as non UEFI system. I point that out just to verify that.

/dev/sda2 /boot 95M Attributes: LegacyBIOSBootable /dev/sda3 / 93G (others for /home, /data and SWAP)

One solution would be to move the /boot directory to / instead of giving it its own partition.

The syslinux wiki page tells me that the absolute sector address of /boot/syslinux/ldlinux.sys plays a role in the boot sequence, so I suspect that just moving the boot directory and removing /dev/sda2 from /etc/fstab won't be enough. Would re-installing syslinux after that do the trick (and also take care of the LegacyBIOSBootable attribute) ?

As far as I remember, what you wrote, including reinstalling syslinux, does the trick. In any case, with the backup and rescue means, just experimenting with it looks to me rather safe. And while I mention experimenting, it worth finding out in advance about syslinux installtion with a rescue/installation media. Aren't there wiki articles about these subjects? Also, doesn't it worth temporarily taking some data out /boot, in order to have room for the large ramfs image? -- u34

If not, what would be the correct and safe way to do this ?

TIA,

-- FA