Comment 3 for bug 291381

Michael,

Here's the file you asked for. Thanks for the rapid response!

Ted

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:43 AM, Michael Vogt <email address hidden>wrote:

> Thanks for your bugreport and sorry for the problems you experienced.
>
> Could you please attach the file /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log after
> the upgrade aborted with the "not enough space" message? I can diagnose
> whats going wrong based on this file.
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Vogt (mvo)
>
> --
> update-manager asking for unreasonable free space on /boot
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291381
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>
> Status in "update-manager" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: update-manager
>
> I am running 64-bit Ubuntu 8.04 on a system with multiple software RAID
> volumes. Aside from the lagging development of 64-bit operating systems,
> there is a completely realistic possibility that this bug is the result of
> third party software and/or my complicated software RAID scheme.
>
> I spent weeks trying to upgrade my kernel to 2.6.24-21 from 2.6.24-19. I
> kept getting errors asking for anywhere from 60-80MB of free space on /boot.
> Since the largest files in my 100MB boot partition are the previous kernels,
> each weighing it around 8MB, it seems completely unreasonable for
> update-manager to need 80MB of free space on /boot. As has been stated in
> another report, running "sudo apt-get clean" does not remedy this problem.
> Finally, after disabling the repositories for my satanic edition (SE) theme,
> I was able to complete the update. I thought I had solved the problem, but
> then...
>
> After completing the update, I attempted to upgrade to 8.10 with the SE
> repositories (my only third party repositories) still disabled, at which
> point I received the following error message:
> "Not enough free disk space
> The upgrade aborts now. The upgrade needs a total of 101M free space on
> disk '/boot'. Please free at least an additional 69.4M of disk space on
> '/boot'. Empty your trash and remove temporary packages of former
> installations using 'sudo apt-get clean'."
>
> I am frustrated and at a loss for what to do next. I can't think of any
> reason for update-manager to need over 100MB of free space on /boot,
> especially considering that the last time I checked, 100MB was on the upper
> end of what was reasonable to set aside for a /boot partition. My boot
> partition is a RAID1 partition that spans 5 drives and neighbors my RAID0
> swap partition. Expanding it would therefore require destroying and
> rebuilding both my boot and swap partitions, and is not really an option for
> me at this point.
>