Is /boot size a concern for just preupgrade or all upgrades ?

[Paul Smith]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
>> Is there a difference in the /boot size requirement for different
>> upgrade methods ?
>>
>> Ie does upgrading from the DVD iso take less room on /boot than doing a
>> preupgrade via yum ?
> ----
> from DVD, upgrading doesn't require any real amount of space beyond that
> needed for a kernel install.
>
> from preupgrade, it needs space to download the stage 2 boot but if you
> have a wired connection, preupgrade can download the stage 2 boot on the
> fly if you don't have enough space in /boot

In my case, even with the installation DVD, the complaint about not
enough space for /boot showed up, breaking the installation procedure.

Paul