clear_partitions doesn't clear /boot
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Steps to reproduce: use an installation media to upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04.
Expected result: no kernels of older release remain in /boot
Actual results:
Illustrated in shell:
$ ls -l /boot/vmlinuz-*
-rw------- 1 root root 6808720 helmi 26 05:17 /boot/vmlinuz-
-rw------- 1 root root 6808528 maali 11 02:11 /boot/vmlinuz-
-rw------- 1 root root 6829104 maali 16 02:45 /boot/vmlinuz-
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7013984 huhti 28 16:03 /boot/vmlinuz-
-rw------- 1 root root 7015440 touko 13 02:55 /boot/vmlinuz-
$ linux-version list
4.2.0-30-generic
4.2.0-34-generic
4.2.0-35-generic
4.4.0-21-generic
4.4.0-22-generic
$ dpkg -l linux-image-4'*' |grep .
Desired=
| Status=
|/ Err?=(none)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-===
ii linux-image-
ii linux-image-
Workaround; How to remove the kernels: http://
linux-purge from https:/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri May 27 11:31:51 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-28 (28 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: dpkg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
no longer affects: | bikeshed (Ubuntu) |
no longer affects: | byobu (Ubuntu) |
tags: | added: full-boot rls-aa-incoming |
This seems to be an old issue: http:// askubuntu. com/questions/ 153185/ how-to- remove- kernels- from-previous- release