Comment 157 for bug 798414
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| PcB Computer Support (pc-t) wrote Re: [Bug 798414] Re: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space | #157 |
give more space for /boot 1gb ?
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Am 05.05.2017 um 13:09 schrieb Bill Meier <email address hidden>:
Why not just write a little GUI app for us , so that we "command line
illiterates" can take care of this. We need to select what we want
deleted, just getting rid of the old, I understand, may not be what is
wanted.
Bill
> On 05/05/2017 03:13 AM, Michael Baker wrote:
> On booting I am told that a system program has encountered an error and asked if I want to send a report. On saying yes I'm told that the bug has already been reported and that it is "update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space".
> This is so far from what is happening that it is infuriating.
> The basis of the problem is that /boot is not being cleaned up automatically.
> This was a bug which was supposedly fixed in 16.04 UTS, but apparently not.
> As a retired software engineer I know that I can clean up /boot manually, and have done so many times.
> However I shouldn't have to.
> Please stop classifying the /boot partition being full as "update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space".
> This bug (/boot not being cleaned up automatically) should be given the highest possible importance.
> It must be a complete turn of to any ubuntu user who does not have computer science skills (and to many who do).
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Title:
update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't
enough free space
Status in initramfs-tools:
Confirmed
Status in Software Updater:
New
Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
In Progress
Bug description:
Binary package hint: initramfs-tools
When generating a new initramfs there is no check for available free
space, subsequently its possible for update-initramfs to fail due to a
lack of free space. This is resulting in package installation
failures for initramfs-tools. For example:
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.98.8ubuntu3) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
WORKAROUND:
Remove unused kernels using computer janitor (not in repositories for
14.04 or later) or manually free space on your partition containing
the /boot file system.
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