Comment 146 for bug 798414

Ubuntu 16.04 (ubuntu 4.4.0-64) crashed yet again during upgrade to 4.4.0-66 from this same recurring 5+ year old bug - Pray tell, why can't Ubuntu just tell me there is not enough room to upgrade the kernel (it used to) and then perhaps even offer to fix it automagically with some kind of an automated or scripted version of - $ sudo purge-old-kernels instead of just crashing my whole enchilada? I simply just don't understand the Ubuntu cultural or technical limitations that have kept this from happening. First I have to install Janitor with Ubuntu Tweaks on 12.04 - 14.04 LTS and delete all but the two latest older versions and now with 16.04 I must install Byobu Terminal (which thing I like very much anyway on most linux flavors lately) and manually type - $ sudo purge-old-kernels 5x - each time I attempt an upgrade of a base install and 4 ea. KVM virtual machines. Oops, I forgot the one on the hypervisor... CRASH! Arrrggghhhh! Grub / advanced / recover to an older kernel - $ sudo apt-get install -f Thanks to the entire community for such an otherwise wonderful thing that Ubuntu, Lubuntu, etc. is! (...Hmm, ask the Webmin folks to add a script that does this perhaps?) Thanks!