Control: tags -1 + moreinfo Hi Paul,
On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 05:48:48PM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: > Source: linux > Version: 6.16.3-1 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > Not sure if this is actionable and indeed beyond expectations, but just in > case this points at a problem in the packaging. Feel free to close if I just > need to deal with this. > > I just upgraded my forky system and the upgrade failed: > update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.16.3+deb14-amd64 > zstd: error 70 : Write error : cannot write block : No space left on device > E: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 > update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-6.16.3+deb14-amd64 with 1. > run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1 > dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.16.3+deb14-amd64 (--configure): > installed linux-image-6.16.3+deb14-amd64 package post-installation script > subprocess returned error exit status 1 > Setting up linux-libc-dev (6.16.3-1) ... > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-amd64: > linux-image-amd64 depends on linux-image-6.16.3+deb14-amd64 (= 6.16.3-1); > however: > Package linux-image-6.16.3+deb14-amd64 is not configured yet. > > dpkg: error processing package linux-image-amd64 (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > linux-image-6.16.3+deb14-amd64 > linux-image-amd64 > Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > I don't have a big /boot system, as the default boot partition used to be > (way too) small. I recall that I once enable something to only install > required modules into the initrd, which helped me along until today. > > /boot right after upgrade: > paul@toba ~ $ df -h /boot > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/nvme0n1p2 456M 281M 151M 66% /boot > paul@toba ~ $ ls -al /boot/ > total 273416 > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 Aug 30 17:32 . > drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Aug 30 17:31 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283225 Jul 3 21:01 config-6.12.35+deb13-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283270 Jul 16 09:13 config-6.12.38+deb13-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 289665 Aug 24 23:29 config-6.16.3+deb14-amd64 > drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 efi > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 Aug 20 18:36 grub > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 120238850 Jul 22 19:33 > initrd.img-6.12.35+deb13-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 120394731 Aug 30 08:39 > initrd.img-6.12.38+deb13-amd64 > drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Nov 17 2024 lost+found > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83 Jul 3 21:01 > System.map-6.12.35+deb13-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83 Jul 16 09:13 > System.map-6.12.38+deb13-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92 Aug 24 23:29 System.map-6.16.3+deb14-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12093376 Jul 3 21:01 vmlinuz-6.12.35+deb13-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12097472 Jul 16 09:13 vmlinuz-6.12.38+deb13-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13162432 Aug 24 23:29 vmlinuz-6.16.3+deb14-amd64 > > /boot after $(sudo apt remove linux-image-6.12.35+deb13-amd64): > paul@toba ~ $ df -h /boot > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/nvme0n1p2 456M 337M 95M 79% /boot > paul@toba ~ $ ls -al /boot/ > total 330986 > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 Aug 30 17:36 . > drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Aug 30 17:35 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283270 Jul 16 09:13 config-6.12.38+deb13-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 289665 Aug 24 23:29 config-6.16.3+deb14-amd64 > drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 efi > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 Aug 30 17:36 grub > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 120394731 Aug 30 08:39 > initrd.img-6.12.38+deb13-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191341702 Aug 30 17:36 initrd.img-6.16.3+deb14-amd64 > drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Nov 17 2024 lost+found > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83 Jul 16 09:13 > System.map-6.12.38+deb13-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92 Aug 24 23:29 System.map-6.16.3+deb14-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12097472 Jul 16 09:13 vmlinuz-6.12.38+deb13-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13162432 Aug 24 23:29 vmlinuz-6.16.3+deb14-amd64 > > Note the increase from 120394731 to 191341702 for the initrd. Can you please with lsinitramfs list the contents for both and provide those for comparison? Regards, Salvatore
