/boot is full

mokshc · February 10, 2026, 10:07pm

Hi, I was trying to run sudo dracut --regenerate-all --force but was met with an error because /boot is full. I tried following /boot nearly full - how to free space? but sudo dnf list installed kernel* returned nothing for me.

df -h

moksh@fedora:~$ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/nvme0n1p3  930G  120G  808G  13% /
devtmpfs         63G     0   63G   0% /dev
tmpfs            63G  104K   63G   1% /dev/shm
efivarfs        128K   16K  108K  13% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
tmpfs            26G  2.4M   26G   1% /run
tmpfs           1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-journald.service
/dev/nvme0n1p3  930G  120G  808G  13% /home
tmpfs            63G   20K   63G   1% /tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p2  974M  816M   91M  91% /boot
/dev/nvme0n1p1  599M   20M  580M   4% /boot/efi
/dev/sda2       916G   74G  796G   9% /run/media/moksh/lin-drive
tmpfs           1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-resolved.service
tmpfs            13G  236K   13G   1% /run/user/1000

lsblk -f

moksh@fedora:~$ lsblk -f
NAME        FSTYPE FSVER LABEL           UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda                                                                                          
├─sda1      ntfs         win-drive       7A42C90542C8C6DB                                    
└─sda2      ext4   1.0   lin-drive       d780c31e-e4ea-4eb8-ab37-1164223f76ba  795.3G     8% /run/media/moksh/lin-drive
zram0       swap   1     zram0           e1f6536a-cbdb-40a6-8f38-28edac695bc9                [SWAP]
nvme0n1                                                                                      
├─nvme0n1p1 vfat   FAT32                 40B7-3841                             579.5M     3% /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2 ext4   1.0                   b9caad0b-44ea-497c-8bd6-b35e5b3a9d07   90.4M    84% /boot
└─nvme0n1p3 btrfs        fedora          05d819b1-d720-4323-a419-62b8e09566df  807.9G    13% /home
                                                                                             /
nvme1n1                                                                                      
├─nvme1n1p1 ntfs         System Reserved 3AA29E76A29E367B                                    
├─nvme1n1p2 ntfs                         9A589F9B589F752B                                    
└─nvme1n1p3 ntfs                         D692919392917927

ls /boot

moksh@fedora:~$ sudo ls /boot
config-6.18.5-100.fc42.x86_64
config-6.18.6-100.fc42.x86_64
config-6.18.7-100.fc42.x86_64
efi
grub2
initramfs-0-rescue-25a890ee8a15485c819f6286056c7ef4.img
initramfs-6.18.5-100.fc42.x86_64.img
initramfs-6.18.6-100.fc42.x86_64.img
initramfs-6.18.7-100.fc42.x86_64.img
loader
lost+found
symvers-6.18.5-100.fc42.x86_64.xz
symvers-6.18.6-100.fc42.x86_64.xz
symvers-6.18.7-100.fc42.x86_64.xz
System.map-6.18.5-100.fc42.x86_64
System.map-6.18.6-100.fc42.x86_64
System.map-6.18.7-100.fc42.x86_64
vmlinuz-0-rescue-25a890ee8a15485c819f6286056c7ef4
vmlinuz-6.18.5-100.fc42.x86_64
vmlinuz-6.18.6-100.fc42.x86_64
vmlinuz-6.18.7-100.fc42.x86_64

du -sm /boot/efi /boot/grub2 /boot/loader /boot/lost+found

moksh@fedora:~$ sudo du -sm /boot/efi /boot/grub2 /boot/loader /boot/lost+found 
20	/boot/efi
14	/boot/grub2
1	/boot/loader
1	/boot/lost+found

sudo du -ahx /boot

moksh@fedora:~$ sudo du -ahx /boot
288K	/boot/config-6.18.6-100.fc42.x86_64
4.0K	/boot/grub2/grubenv
2.3M	/boot/grub2/fonts/unicode.pf2
2.3M	/boot/grub2/fonts
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/crc64.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/ntfscomp.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/raid5rec.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/part_apple.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/nilfs2.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_idea.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_crc.mod
24K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/iso9660.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/msdospart.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/bswap_test.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/bitmap.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/http.mod
40K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/ahci.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/newc.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_sha1.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/nativedisk.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/dm_nv.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/minix2.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/ext2.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/password_pbkdf2.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/probe.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/test_blockarg.mod
208K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/zstd.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/usbserial_ftdi.mod
32K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/font.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/div.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/zfsinfo.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/adler32.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/minix2_be.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/configfile.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/random.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/fixvideo.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/lsmmap.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/cmdline_cat_test.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/minix.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/password.mod
20K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/lvm.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/moddep.lst
76K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/bsd.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/part_amiga.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/strtoull_test.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/mmap.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/ufs1.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/wrmsr.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/tga.mod
56K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/legacycfg.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/disk.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/increment.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_rmd160.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/cmp.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/procfs.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/usbserial_pl2303.mod
212K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/grub.efi
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/exfctest.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/ctz_test.mod
20K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/at_keyboard.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/usbserial_common.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/tr.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/modinfo.sh
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/sleep.mod
64K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/btrfs.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/progress.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gfxterm_background.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/iorw.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/lsefisystab.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/true.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/appleldr.mod
44K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/ehci.mod
20K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gzio.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/xnu_uuid_test.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/usb_keyboard.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/setpci.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/cs5536.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/geli.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/hello.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/search_fs_uuid.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/extcmd.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/tar.mod
260K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/normal.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/priority_queue.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/lsefimmap.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/div_test.mod
32K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/terminfo.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/macbless.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/setjmp.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/tftp.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/video.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/cbls.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/elf.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/mdraid09_be.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/xnu_uuid.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/aout.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gptsync.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/cpuid.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/zfscrypt.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/offsetio.mod
28K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gfxterm.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/search.mod
36K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/multiboot.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/videotest.mod
28K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/pgp.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/lzopio.mod
60K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/test_asn1.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/version.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/keystatus.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/echo.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/command.lst
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/rdmsr.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/terminal.lst
24K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/appended_signature_test.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/afs.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/pbkdf2_test.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/tpm.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/boot.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/bfs.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/setjmp_test.mod
76K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_camellia.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/minix3_be.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/cmp_test.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/efi_uga.mod
28K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/serial.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/datehook.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_md5.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/play.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/exfat.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/pcidump.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/time.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/afsplitter.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/plainmount.mod
32K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_cast5.mod
20K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/f2fs.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/bli.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/efifwsetup.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/testspeed.mod
32K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_seed.mod
20K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/efinet.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/memdisk.mod
20K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/png.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/video_bochs.mod
212K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/core.efi
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_rfc2268.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/uhci.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/part_sun.mod
36K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/cryptodisk.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/lssal.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/eval.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/hdparm.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/videoinfo.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_md4.mod
24K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/udf.mod
212K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/net.mod
140K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/regexp.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/affs.mod
88K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_twofish.mod
24K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/diskfilter.mod
28K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_whirlpool.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/spkmodem.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/odc.mod
20K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/jpeg.mod
84K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/appendedsig.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gfxterm_menu.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/part_gpt.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/archelp.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/fshelp.mod
64K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/asn1.mod
36K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/luks2.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/part_bsd.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/scsi.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/ufs2.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_sha256.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/datetime.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/romfs.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/minix_be.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/mdraid1x.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/loadbios.mod
64K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/xnu.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_rsa.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/legacy_password_test.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/search_label.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/lsefi.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/cbtable.mod
64K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_serpent.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/all_video.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/jfs.mod
28K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/blscfg.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/cbmemc.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/part_dvh.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/lspci.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/bufio.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/date.mod
64K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/linux.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/ata.mod
20K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/video_cirrus.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/cat.mod
56K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/video_fb.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/parttool.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/raid6rec.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/pbkdf2.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/hexdump.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/part_msdos.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/usbserial_usbdebug.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/search_fs_file.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/ls.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/hashsum.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/mul_test.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/fs.lst
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/signature_test.mod
24K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/xfs.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/crypto.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/keylayouts.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/part_acorn.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/lsacpi.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/minix3.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/video.lst
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/part_plan.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/halt.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/fat.mod
56K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/functional_test.mod
96K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/zfs.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/sleep_test.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/mdraid09.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/luks.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/hfs.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/cbtime.mod
44K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_des.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/efitextmode.mod
36K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/xzio.mod
20K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gcry_tiger.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/ufs1_be.mod
20K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/hfsplus.mod
40K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/relocator.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/reboot.mod
20K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/reiserfs.mod
40K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/multiboot2.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/part_dfly.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/terminal.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/memrw.mod
16K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/squash4.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/bitmap_scale.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/shift_test.mod
28K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/ntfs.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/efi_netfs.mod
20K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/ldm.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/part_sunpc.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/blocklist.mod
96K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gfxmenu.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/efienv.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/gettext.mod
12K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/smbios.mod
72K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/mpi.mod
8.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/testload.mod
20K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/macho.mod
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/parttool.lst
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/crypto.lst
4.0K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/partmap.lst
28K	/boot/grub2/x86_64-efi/chain.mod
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anothermindbomb · February 10, 2026, 10:27pm

Personally, I’d delete the rescue kernel and alter my /etc/dracut.conf.d/nvidia.conf file to exclude the nouveau drivers, as I never use them and have no use for them:

┌─🎩 lurcher /etc/dracut.conf.d🔒
├─
└─➜ cat nvidia.conf                                                               22:25 Tue 10-Feb
File: nvidia.conf
omit_drivers+=" nouveau "

The spaces around the “nouveau” are important should you wish to replicate this.

I currently have 5 kernels in a 1 GB /boot partition taking up 532 MB and leaving me with almost 40% free space even with all 5 built.

nvme1n1
├─nvme1n1p1
│       vfat   FAT32                E7C4-2A26                             579.5M     3% /boot/efi
├─nvme1n1p2
│       ext4   1.0                  aa9d5fa9-811f-406e-bfc2-ebc488cc168e  532.7M    38% /boot
└─nvme1n1p3
        btrfs        fedora_lurcher 621611d2-ba0f-4a30-95d1-37b41f124596    1.6T    14% /home
                                                                                        /

anothermindbomb · February 10, 2026, 11:05pm

I should note that If you actually want to expand the size of the boot partition, then you must do so from a live USB - the resize needs to run against an unmounted partition.

mokshc · February 11, 2026, 7:44am

Is it normally necessary to increase the size of /boot? I feel like there is some other problem occuring that is leading to it filling up. Is it acceptable to change the number of kernel versions perserved?

anothermindbomb · February 11, 2026, 8:59am

Not “normally” but with the ever-increasing size of graphics drivers, the original 1GB /boot that versions prior to F43 would create is no longer large enough to hold multiple kernels.

A fresh installation of F43 would give you 2GB. As you didn’t install F43 from scratch and allow anaconda to create these partition for you, you still have 1GB.

Options are:

Increase /boot manually yourself from a Live USB stick using some partition editor
Reduce the number of kernels installed
Reduce the size of those kernels.

I chose option 3, by removing the nouveau drivers reducing them to 48 MB apiece.

pg-tips · February 11, 2026, 9:33am

In recent Fedora versions using dnf5, this would be:

sudo dnf list --installed "kernel*"

(Edit - no need for sudo, actually.)

ilikelinux · February 11, 2026, 8:51pm

And it still makes sense to use sudo alias for all actions sudo with dnf.
As I understood the cache is made for each user. So if you use with and without sudo you use two different caches. Or did this change already?

That is why i still use this which it takes allways sudo if you put it or not:

mokshc · February 13, 2026, 7:35am

I’ll give that a try, once I create nvidia.conf do I also need to delete old kernels or can I just wait for updates to come naturally?

anothermindbomb · February 19, 2026, 7:03pm

You would create the conf file to exclude the nouveau drivers from any subsequent rebuilds of initramfs.

Then, to save quite a lot of space immediately, you would force rebuild each version of the initramfs with dracut:

sudo dracut --kver 6.18.10-200.fc43.x86_64 --force

for example. If you then looked at that initramfs in /boot you’ll see it’s substantially smaller than the others. Work your way through them all, and you’ll have released quite a lot of space. From that point onwards, your initramfs image files will be built around 50MB.

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