To reduce size of initramfs I change the compression setting in /etc/initramfs/initramfs.conf
and set it to “xz” After that one needs to rebuild initramfs. Sent from my phone. Please forgive misspellings and weird “corrections” > On 13 Nov 2022, at 16:35, David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > > On 11/13/22 01:41, Peter von Kaehne wrote: >> I mostly let the installer do what it likes to do when installing Debian and >> this has worked out fine until the last couple installs on UEFI rather than >> legacy boot. >> It now appears that the automatic installer does not get size of /boot right >> - even with only one new kernel update wanting to install itself it often >> fails with lack of space. One solution I found is to change the initramfs >> compression algorithm, which gives me space for two full kernels and >> initramfses. But this is still problematic. Are there other solutions other >> than reinstall with a larger boot partition? >> For me the main problem are a couple of elderly relatives etc whose >> computers I administer mostly in a hands off fashion - with automatic >> security updates only and occasionally some more work during visits. >> Now I am needing to look into sorting out remote access or simply disable >> all updates, neither of which is ideal for any variety of reasons. >> Any clever suggestions which bring me back into a place where a few kernels >> can easily install without things getting too crowded? >> Sent from my phone. Please forgive misspellings and weird “corrections” > > > Please run the following commands as root and post the complete console > session -- prompts, commands entered, and output displayed: > > 2022-11-13 08:32:14 root@laalaa ~ > # cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a > 11.5 > Linux laalaa 5.10.0-19-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.149-2 (2022-10-21) x86_64 > GNU/Linux > > 2022-11-13 08:32:24 root@laalaa ~ > # ls -lF /boot > total 109188 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83 Sep 2 06:54 System.map-5.10.0-18-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83 Oct 21 13:24 System.map-5.10.0-19-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 236286 Sep 2 06:54 config-5.10.0-18-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 236275 Oct 21 13:24 config-5.10.0-19-amd64 > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Oct 29 13:48 grub/ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48673909 Sep 24 17:33 initrd.img-5.10.0-18-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48693403 Oct 29 13:19 initrd.img-5.10.0-19-amd64 > drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Jan 9 2022 lost+found/ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6962016 Sep 2 06:54 vmlinuz-5.10.0-18-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6963648 Oct 21 13:24 vmlinuz-5.10.0-19-amd64 > > 2022-11-13 08:32:50 root@laalaa ~ > # du -bc /boot > 4379325 /boot/grub/locale > 2010385 /boot/grub/i386-pc > 2398204 /boot/grub/fonts > 11195075 /boot/grub > 16384 /boot/lost+found > 122981258 /boot > 122981258 total > > 2022-11-13 08:33:20 root@laalaa ~ > # df /boot > Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda1 920M 118M 739M 14% /boot > > > David >
