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initramfs-tools package

  1. Bug #798414
  2. Comment #90

Comment 90 for bug 798414

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Kenneth Bingham (qrkourier) wrote : Re: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space

I second ~grey's assertion. I installed Wily 15.10 only a few weeks ago and accepted the default /boot partition size suggested for use with LVM and today was unable to perform a routine package upgrade due to a lack of free space on /boot. I was able to work around the problem by first listing installed kernel versions:

$ dpkg -l linux-image-\*|grep ^ii
ii linux-image-4.2.0-16-generic 4.2.0-16.19 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.2.0-21-generic 4.2.0-21.25 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.2.0-22-generic 4.2.0-22.27 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.2.0-23-generic 4.2.0-23.28 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-4.2.0-16-generic 4.2.0-16.19 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-4.2.0-21-generic 4.2.0-21.25 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-4.2.0-22-generic 4.2.0-22.27 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP

then identifying the running kernel

$ uname -r
4.2.0-22-generic

then purging old kernel pax
$ sudo apt-get purge linux-image-4.2.0-{16,21}

and finally completing package upgrades
$ sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade