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ODA patching fail with error "Free space on /boot is less than 40 MB" (Doc ID 2437745.1)

Last updated on APRIL 17, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database Appliance Software - Version 12.1.2.12.0 to 12.2.1.4.0 Bare Metal [Release 12.1 to 12.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

While trying to update (from 12.1.2.12.0) using oakcli update -patch 12.2.1.4 --server --local, it errors out saying /boot has less than 40M space.

 WARNING: 2018-08-17 15:23:49: Free space on /boot is less than 40 MB
 INFO: 2018-08-17 15:23:49: Please free up space on /boot
 ERROR: 2018-08-17 15:23:49: One or more volumes are running low on free space

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