That did the trick. Thank you! Ted
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:26 AM, mbielik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was having the same problem (asking for 101M of free space on /boot, > mine is 100M total), although I do not have any RAID setup or other > repositories enabled. For me the problem was that I was manually > removing old kernels, and not removing the packages. The upgrade log > that I've attached seems to reflect this as well. After using Synaptic > to remove the old kernel packages, I was able to get past the issue. > > ** Attachment added: "Upgrade Log" > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19127616/main.log > > -- > update-manager asking for unreasonable free space on /boot > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291381 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "update-manager" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > 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. > -- update-manager asking for unreasonable free space on /boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291381 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
