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partman-base package

package linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic 2.6.35-22.32 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Bug #641020 reported by Victor Costan on 2010-09-17

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #798414: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error message when there isn't enough free space--or provide an automatic tool for removal of old files. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	partman-base (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

I made a /boot partition with 256mb, because I wanted btrfs on /. Every time I upgrade the kernel, it runs out of space.

Please do the following to avoid this situation:
* delete old kernels when installing new ones, and/or
* figure out a good size for /boot, and put that recommendation in the installer (it knows to tell me that I need /boot if I select btrfs for /, so there seems to be a system for recommendations in place)

Thank you!

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic 2.6.35-22.32
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-21.31-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Sep 16 23:38:21 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100906)
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic 2.6.35-22.32 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

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Victor Costan (costan) wrote on 2010-09-17:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (3.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (596 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (68.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.gz Edit (54.9 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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maximilian attems (maks-debian) wrote on 2010-12-10:

Not sure if this is fixed inbetween, but 256 Mb with todays sizes of linux-2.6 seems too small for /boot partition.

affects:

initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) → partman-base (Ubuntu)

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-07-27:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 798414, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.