Update/Upgrade

[Jeeks]

Hello

After running "sudo apt-get update" where there is absolutely no problem, I run the command that usually follows "sudo apt-get upgrade" and I encounter the following error:


Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 180614 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic 2.6.24-21.42 (using .../linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic_2.6.24-21.43_i386.deb) ...
Done.
Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic_2.6.24-21.43_i386.deb (--unpack):
failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic': No space left on device
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Running postrm hook script /sbin/update-grub.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.24-18-generic
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.24-17-generic
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic
Found kernel: /memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic_2.6.24-21.43_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

What shall I do to fix this?

[oldos2er]

"No space left on device" means you're out of hard disk space. See if you can resize your partition to something larger.

[Jeeks]

Problem solved, I had to delete old linux kernel images lying in /boot.

You can bag the thread.