Fedora 43 is not upgrading to Linux Kernel 6.18

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@kjellll

hi new here. upgrading from 6.17 to 6.18 results in no wifi no gpu drivers and probably other things. is there a way to clear the 6.18 image so I can try reapplying the updates?

This topic has guidance on how to work around space issues during kernel updates:

Systems with <=1 GB /boot partition may see "need more space" error during system update

Problem Some systems might encounter an error saying that more space on the /boot filesystem is needed when they try to perform a system update. Here’s an example error from the DNF package manager: Transaction failed: Rpm transaction failed. – installing package kernel-core-6.17.5-300.fc43.x86_64 needs 40MB more space on the /boot filesystem And a similar error is printed by GNOME Software: Error running transaction: installing package kernel-core-6.17.5-300.fc43.x86_64 needs 40MB more s…

Particularly, you can remove a particular kernel version with:

sudo dnf remove "kernel*-6.17.3-301*"

(replace the kernel version there with the one you want to remove)