Ubuntu
initramfs-tools package

  1. Bug #798414
  2. Comment #138

Comment 138 for bug 798414

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Joachim Fagerholm (joachim-fagerholm) wrote : Re: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space

This bug is a disgrace. It has been around for years and sabotages many non-tech users life. If I was able to fix it I would try. Unfortunately I am not that skilled, can only fix the symptoms not contribute to fixing the problem itself. But I would think that someone on a higher skill level could do a service to the community here, fairly easily? apt-get autoremove and autoclean takes care of it on newer versions, didn't on 10.04. But they are apparently never run automatically? And /boot could really be more in tune with the size of the disk it is created on by the installation. I have had this trouble on Ubuntu 10.04, 12.04 and now 14.04.