[PLUG] laptop error msg out of space for /boot

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Denis" == Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com> writes:

Denis> Seems like initramfs ran into a memory limit.  I really do not
Denis> know what this is about, but poking around the web gives me the
Denis> idea that an upgrade was attempted but did not have room.  A bug
Denis> report indicated that initramfs-tools does not check for memory
Denis> sufficiency:
Denis> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/798414

Denis> I have made a startup usb stick in preparation for what I might
Denis> have to do to enlarge or make room in the partition.

Denis> Free says (kbytes): total used free shared buff/cache available
Denis> Mem: 8013756 1198896 1742336 279424 5072524 6196764

Denis> sudo partx --show /dev/sda [sudo] password for denis: NR START
Denis> END SECTORS SIZE NAME UUID 1 2048 999423 997376 487M 458a71eb-01
Denis> 2 1001470 250068991 249067522 118.8G 458a71eb-02 5 1001472
Denis> 250068991 249067520 118.8G 458a71eb-05

Denis> According to gnome disks, it looks like partition 1 is 511 Mb,
Denis> and 92.9% full. It is Ext2 (how that happened I do not know.  It
Denis> is a 128G SSD.)  I have yet to install gparted.

Denis> What do you recommend?  (The desktop is still down because of the
Denis> display).

Old kernels and associate entourage tend to pile up on ubuntu.  I usually
check to see what kernel I'm running with "uname -a" and then remove
everything except the newest and the one I'm still running.  However, I
do this in an awkward and manual way that I wouldn't readily recommend
to others.  It does work though.


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