F12 work around for out of space on /boot for preupgrade?

[Linuxguy123]

On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 10:02 -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
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> I deleted the old kernels and freed up space in /boot. Now, when I
> reboot after preupgrade, it tells me I'm still 1.1 MiB short.
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> I don't see anything else I can delete and I suspect resizing /boot
> would be a real pain.
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> There is an upgrade directory on /boot.  Can I move the upgrade
> directory to another partition and link them?  That is, will this work?
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>    cd /boot
>    mv upgrade /tmp/upgrade
>    ln -s /tmp/upgrade upgrade
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I am wondering if running gparted from a live disk would allow you to
resize /boot without losing any data.

Please keep us informed... I have exactly 187 MB free after cleaning up
and that is supposedly how much it needs.   How much free space do you
have ?  (df -h)

Thanks