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initramfs-tools package

package initramfs-tools 0.98.8ubuntu3 failed to upgrade: boot partition is full

Bug #780676 reported by mouseboks on 2011-05-10

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 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

Looks like the upgrade process isn't clearing out old kernels, leading to the boot partition filling.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.98.8ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 10 19:04:18 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.98.8ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-09 (0 days ago)

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mouseboks (james-mouseboks) wrote on 2011-05-10:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (639 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (51.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.gz Edit (1.4 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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mouseboks (james-mouseboks) wrote on 2011-05-10:

Workaround was to manually delete older kernel images from /boot

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-06-16:

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.