update manager /boot fills up with kernel
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kernel-package (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| linux (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: linux-backports
As I am trying to update Hardy (alpha 5), I suddenly got Update Manager telling me that my disk was full.
I looked and I had 3.7 GB left. Whatever I did, emptying the trash, or apt-get clean, It would not work.
The problem turned out (after talking with a linux guru), that Ubuntu leaves all the kernel upgrades in /boot filling the partition up.
4: expected to happen: when upgrading Ubuntu Kernel, keep the last two kernel updates, not all of them. This way you decrease problems for us "human beings".
5. I could not update my system.
The issue has been addressed at brainstorm here: http://
Solution: empty the /boot of all the old kernel updates that are not used when updating the kernel. As somebody said on brainstorm, this should just not happen. And I guess, that it happens allot, since many new people like me gives Ubuntu small partitions.
| Daniel Nyström (speakman) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in linux-meta: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in linux-meta: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote | #2 |
| affects: | linux-meta (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu) |
How about marking very old kernels (all but the current and the new one) to be removed at next boot?