I had the same problem. Looking through DistUpgradeController.py revealed that that the amount of space required is determined by the amount of linux-image-* packages installed. Popping up synaptic and removing the old crufty ones and trying again fixed it for me.
-- reports it needs 115M on /boot; that really can't be https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146535 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs