[sf-lug] NEED INFO ABOUT BOOT SECTOR, SPACE LIMITS

[Tom Turner]

This url might (or might not) provide some relevant information about the
"boot partition full" problem.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1357093

The above web-page includes links to other pages reporting the problem.

I and thousands of others ran into this problem.  There simply was no way
to clear out space, no "remove type" command would work.

The cure was to >back up the data, and >re-install Linux, being certain to
_not_ choose the LVM option.

Another point, I believe that Synaptic is better than apt-get at
uninstalling old versions of the kernel. Mr. Texstar, the guru behind
PCLinuxOS is adamant that updates should be performed by using Synaptic,
not apt-get.

More information about the problem, from a post at the above url:

Begin quote:
"The issue here isn't so much the absolute space initially allocated to the
/boot/ LV, it is that the installer allocates 100% of the Volume Groups
space.

The great advantage of LVM is that space can by dynamically allocated and
removed from Logical Volumes as needed.

If the installer were to leave 5% of the Volume Group unallocated it would
be possible for the system to detect this out-of-space condition and extend
the /boot/ LV:

lvextend -l 50%FREE VG/boot
resize2fs /dev/mapper/VG-boot # assuming ext file-system

and at the same time display a prominent warning and options for
automatically removing the superseded kernel versions."
End quote.

Hope this helps. Best regards, Tom

On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 9:10 PM, Daniel Gimpelevich <
daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote:

> On Sun, 2017-07-30 at 19:02 -0700, Mikki wrote:
> > Hi, Daniel and all
> >
> > Excellent question up for which I have no answer.  Here is a copy of the
> screenshot of the message, embedded or attached, whichever works.
> >
> > Mikki
>
> By the way, the "Examine…" button in your screenshot may yield a few
> clues, too.
>
>
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