Public bug reported:
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.
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: boot update-manager
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update-manager asking for unreasonable free space on /boot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291381
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