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

Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtmann at gmail.com
Sun Nov 20 16:07:42 UTC 2016


I appreciate your help.  Now watch for postings on my @#$% desktop.  It
seems to be having problems.  May also relate to packages.

-Denis

On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 11:34 PM, Tom <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am glad that it sorted your problem.
>
> All you need to do, what I do anyway, is to run the auto remove command
> every few months, or as often as you feel like in order to remove old
> packages and kernel versions. It took a while to fill your /boot
> partition, so you should have about the same time before seeing the
> problem again.
>
> When apt removes the unused kernel packages, it takes care of Grub
> configuration too.
>
> Enjoy the rest of the weekend, Tomas
>
> On Sat, 2016-11-19 at 14:54 -0800, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Richard England <
> > rlengland at frontier.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 11/19/2016 09:50 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Richard England <
> > > > rlengland at frontier.com
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On 11/18/2016 05:54 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > > > > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Russell Senior <
> > > > > russell at personaltelco.net>
> > > > > > > Denis> This is a recent install, so I expect that there may
> > > > > > > not be
> > > > > > > many
> > > > > > > Denis> kernels.  How do I see what older kernels I have?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I use aptitude for package management.  Look for packages
> > > > > > > named
> > > > > > > linux-image-* and the associated linux-image-extra-*.  You
> > > > > > > want to
> > > purge
> > > > > > > them, I think.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Russell Senior, President
> > > > > > > russell at personaltelco.net
> > > > > > I looked using synaptic.  I see 4.4.0-42.62 both in generic
> > > > > > and extra.
> > > > > > There are 7 earlier, all listed as installed.  But I also see
> > > > > 4.4.0-47.68,
> > > > > > yet uname shows 42.68.  Is it possible that the install of
> > > > > > 47.68
> > > stalled
> > > > > > when I got that memory error?  But regardless, it seems I
> > > > > > have some
> > > older
> > > > > > stuff to get rid of.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But you said "..., I think."  That makes me reluctant.
> > > > > >  Someone as
> > > > > > incompetent as I am needs certainty to minimize the chance of
> > > > > catastrophe.
> > > > > > -Denis
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> > > > > I'm not adept at Ubuntu but if you are installing updates with
> > > > > apt-get
> > > > > can't you use
> > > > >
> > > > > sudo apt autoremove --purge
> > > > >
> > > > > to remove the old kernels as well as other unused packages?
> > > > >
> > > > It worked.  Why do you say that I "cannot use" ?  Or are you
> > > > asking a
> > > > question?
> > > >
> > > > -Denis
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > I use Ubuntu mostly on VMs so I am rarely concerned with removing
> > > SW.
> > > The machines don't last long enough to merit updating much less
> > > removing.
> > >
> > > I was questioning my understanding and the applicability in your
> > > environment.
> > >
> > > Hope that helped clean things up for your update.
> > >
> > > ~
> >
> >
> > Yes.  /boot has only two versions now: 4.4.0-42 and -47.  So it
> > worked.  I
> > had 8 before.
> >
> > -Denis
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