not enough Free space in boot, have tried a few things.

[nicklikesfire]

Hello,

So I'm trying to upgrade to 8.10, and I've got the problem where I get a message:


Not enough free disk space

The upgrade aborts now. The upgrade needs a total of 88.1M free space on disk '/boot'. Please free at least an additional 88.1M of disk space on '/boot'. Empty your trash and remove temporary packages of former installations using 'sudo apt-get clean'.

when I try to upgrade from 8.04

df -h gives me:


nick@nick-desktop:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdc2 39G 32G 6.4G 84% /
varrun 1008M 220K 1008M 1% /var/run
varlock 1008M 0 1008M 0% /var/lock
udev 1008M 84K 1008M 1% /dev
devshm 1008M 232K 1008M 1% /dev/shm
lrm 1008M 44M 964M 5% /lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/volatile
/dev/sdc1 118M 113M 0 100% /boot
/dev/sda1 466G 330G 137G 71% /media/sda1
/dev/sdb1 466G 309G 157G 67% /media/sdb1
/dev/sdc4 145G 3.0G 142G 3% /usr
/dev/scd0 1.5G 1.5G 0 100% /media/CIGAR_BOXES


I'm not sure where to go from here. Anything anyone can tell me would be appreciated.

[Pumalite]

Post a screenshot of Gparted

[sisco311]

post:

ls -alh /boot
and

uname -r

[nicklikesfire]

nick@nick-desktop:~$ ls -alh /boot
total 52M
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 2.0K 2008-11-18 19:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 736 2008-11-05 02:53 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 409K 2008-02-11 23:30 abi-2.6.22-14-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411K 2008-04-10 11:12 abi-2.6.24-16-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411K 2008-05-01 12:37 abi-2.6.24-17-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411K 2008-05-28 19:56 abi-2.6.24-18-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411K 2008-08-20 18:15 abi-2.6.24-19-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411K 2008-10-21 21:49 abi-2.6.24-21-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67K 2008-02-11 23:30 config-2.6.22-14-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73K 2008-04-10 11:12 config-2.6.24-16-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73K 2008-05-01 12:37 config-2.6.24-17-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73K 2008-05-28 19:56 config-2.6.24-18-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73K 2008-08-20 18:15 config-2.6.24-19-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73K 2008-10-21 21:49 config-2.6.24-21-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1.0K 2008-11-05 02:53 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.8M 2008-08-27 07:16 initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.8M 2008-08-12 22:29 initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.8M 2008-11-05 02:53 initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.8M 2008-11-05 02:53 initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic.bak
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12K 2008-01-06 14:07 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 101K 2007-09-28 07:03 memtest86+.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1M 2008-02-11 23:30 System.map-2.6.22-14-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1M 2008-04-10 11:12 System.map-2.6.24-16-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1M 2008-05-01 12:37 System.map-2.6.24-17-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1M 2008-05-28 19:56 System.map-2.6.24-18-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1M 2008-08-20 18:15 System.map-2.6.24-19-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1M 2008-10-21 21:49 System.map-2.6.24-21-generic
drwx------ 4 root root 1.0K 2008-11-18 19:43 .Trash-0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.7M 2008-02-11 23:30 vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.9M 2008-04-10 11:12 vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.9M 2008-05-01 12:37 vmlinuz-2.6.24-17-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.9M 2008-05-28 19:56 vmlinuz-2.6.24-18-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.9M 2008-08-20 18:15 vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.9M 2008-10-21 21:49 vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic


and


nick@nick-desktop:~$ uname -r
2.6.24-21-generic
nick@nick-desktop:~$


Thanks for the quick replies.

So, I know this is silly, but I don't even know what Gparted is. I'll work on finding that out and hopefully get back to this soon.

[sisco311]

to free up some space:

1.) try to empty the /boot/.Trash-0 folder.
to open the file manager as root press Alt+F2 and type:

gksu nautilus
navigate to the /boot folder and press Ctrl+H
and delete the content of the .Trash-0 folder.

2.) remove the old kernels:
open Synaptic and remove:

linux-image-2.6.22-14-generic
linux-image-2.6.24-16-generic
linux-image-2.6.24-17-generic
linux-image-2.6.24-18-generic

DON'T REMOVE linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic (the current kernel)

try to upgrade again.

[nicklikesfire]

I still don't have enough free space:


Not enough free disk space

The upgrade aborts now. The upgrade needs a total of 88.1M free space on disk '/boot'. Please free at least an additional 25.6M of disk space on '/boot'. Empty your trash and remove temporary packages of former installations using 'sudo apt-get clean'.

I think if I delete everything that doesn't end in 24-21 (the system map and vmlinuz files) I'll have enough, according to the message. Should I try it?

Thanks again for the replies, you all are very clear which helps me a lot. I really appreciate it.

[sisco311]

did you try to run:

sudo apt-get cleanas suggested in the error message?

You can also delete the backup files(the files with the .bak extension).

if that doesn't work post the output of:

ls -alh /boot
and

df -h

[Pumalite]

Let's see if we can make your /boot bigger

[nicklikesfire]

I tried

sudo apt-get clean
first thing, but I just tried it again anyways, still not enough space after that.

Here are the outputs of those commands:


nick@nick-desktop:~$ ls -alh /boot
total 36M
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 2.0K 2008-11-19 12:30 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 736 2008-11-05 02:53 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 409K 2008-02-11 23:30 abi-2.6.22-14-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411K 2008-04-10 11:12 abi-2.6.24-16-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411K 2008-05-01 12:37 abi-2.6.24-17-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411K 2008-05-28 19:56 abi-2.6.24-18-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411K 2008-08-20 18:15 abi-2.6.24-19-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 411K 2008-10-21 21:49 abi-2.6.24-21-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67K 2008-02-11 23:30 config-2.6.22-14-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73K 2008-04-10 11:12 config-2.6.24-16-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73K 2008-05-01 12:37 config-2.6.24-17-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73K 2008-05-28 19:56 config-2.6.24-18-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73K 2008-08-20 18:15 config-2.6.24-19-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73K 2008-10-21 21:49 config-2.6.24-21-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1.0K 2008-11-05 02:53 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.8M 2008-11-05 02:53 initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.8M 2008-11-05 02:53 initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic.bak
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12K 2008-01-06 14:07 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 101K 2007-09-28 07:03 memtest86+.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1M 2008-02-11 23:30 System.map-2.6.22-14-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1M 2008-04-10 11:12 System.map-2.6.24-16-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1M 2008-05-01 12:37 System.map-2.6.24-17-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1M 2008-05-28 19:56 System.map-2.6.24-18-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1M 2008-08-20 18:15 System.map-2.6.24-19-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.1M 2008-10-21 21:49 System.map-2.6.24-21-generic
drwx------ 4 root root 1.0K 2008-11-19 12:31 .Trash-0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.7M 2008-02-11 23:30 vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.9M 2008-04-10 11:12 vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.9M 2008-05-01 12:37 vmlinuz-2.6.24-17-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.9M 2008-05-28 19:56 vmlinuz-2.6.24-18-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.9M 2008-08-20 18:15 vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.9M 2008-10-21 21:49 vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic
nick@nick-desktop:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdc2 39G 32G 6.4G 84% /
varrun 1008M 220K 1008M 1% /var/run
varlock 1008M 0 1008M 0% /var/lock
udev 1008M 84K 1008M 1% /dev
devshm 1008M 212K 1008M 1% /dev/shm
lrm 1008M 44M 964M 5% /lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/volatile
/dev/sdc1 118M 37M 76M 33% /boot
/dev/sda1 466G 330G 137G 71% /media/sda1
/dev/sdb1 466G 309G 157G 67% /media/sdb1
/dev/sdc4 145G 3.0G 142G 3% /usr
nick@nick-desktop:~$

Hope that helps you help me, let me know if there's anything else.

Oh, and how do we go about making /boot bigger? That seems like it would be good, so I don't have this problem again, the next time I upgrade.

I tried adding gparted to my applications list, but everytime I click it I get the message:


The list of applications is not availabe

Click on 'Reload' to load it. To reload the list you need a working internet connection.

And then I click refresh (there is no reload button). At which point I have the chance to once again click on gparted, but the same thing happens again. (I figure this is an entirely separate issue though, so I didn't want to bring it up here).

Thanks!

[nicklikesfire]

anyone?

[nicklikesfire]

One more shot, I suppose. If anyone can help, that would be great, otherwise I'll just keep trying some things I guess.

Thanks!