ViciBox 11.0.0 MD Image Bug

This bug affects ViciBox v.11.0.0 installations using the MD image, where the /boot directory is only 200 MB. This prevents newer kernel updates from installing. The fix is to remove the separate /boot partition and use the root filesystem for /boot. This was corrected in ViciBox v.11.0.1. Only follow these instructions if you have already run vicibox-mdraid1 on a ViciBox v.11.0.0 system.

Symptoms

When attempting to update the system using zypper up you will get an error when a new kernel attempts to install. This results in no new kernel updates being installed.

Example zypper Output

(167/212) Installing: kernel-firmware-amdgpu-20230724-150500.3.3.1.noarch [done]
(168/212) Installing: kernel-firmware-all-20230724-150500.3.3.1.noarch ...[done]
  installing package kernel-default-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1.x86_64 needs 26MB on the /boot filesystem
(169/212) Installing: kernel-default-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1.x86_64 ......[error]
Installation of kernel-default-5.14.21-150500.55.12.1.x86_64 failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1.
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a):

The Fix

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

Log in as the root user to access the # command prompt.
Copy and paste the following commands to remove the separate /boot partition:
Remove /boot partition
cd /
umount /boot/efi
mkdir boot-orig
rsync -ravv /boot/ /boot-orig/
umount /boot
rsync -ravv /boot-orig/ /boot/
mount /boot/efi
cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.orig
sed -i '/boot ext4/c\' /etc/fstab