Re: /boot disk partition size

2022-02-22 Thread Michael Mikowski
> We considered adapting the kernel autoremoval code in apt to consider free space, but decided against it, as it removes safety/redundancy. If users install more kernels than their boot partition supports, upgrades *should* fail, rather than providing less safety by removing kernels. > I'm

Re: /boot disk partition size

2022-02-22 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 02:44:14PM -0800, Michael Mikowski wrote: > Hi Brian: > > First, let me state the title of the bug I filed was unfortunate and I’ve > changed it accordingly. The body of the request shows that it is a proposal > to increase the /boot partition size, but the title sounded

Re: /boot disk partition size

2022-02-21 Thread Michael Mikowski
Hi Brian: First, let me state the title of the bug I filed was unfortunate and I’ve changed it accordingly. The body of the request shows that it is a proposal to increase the /boot partition size, but the title sounded demanding. Also, the file sizes were ambiguous. I have updated them both.

Re: /boot disk partition size

2022-02-21 Thread Brian Murray
On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 10:47:59PM -0800, Michael Mikowski wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > Aaron: On an encrypted Ubuntu system, the EFI partition mounted on > /boot/efi is 512M too. But here we are talking about the /boot partition > which is distinct. It is typically 705M and formatted with ext4,

Re: /boot disk partition size

2022-02-17 Thread Ian Bruntlett
Hi, Quick question. I'm using an install of Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS x86_64 with one partition for / and another partition for swap. All my /boot files are in a subdirectory of my / partition. My drive is 1TB in size. Am I doing something wrong? TIA, Ian -- -- ACCU - Professionalism in

Re: /boot disk partition size

2022-02-17 Thread Michael Mikowski
Hi Everyone: Aaron: On an encrypted Ubuntu system, the EFI partition mounted on /boot/efi is 512M too. But here we are talking about the /boot partition which is distinct. It is typically 705M and formatted with ext4, although subsequent released will likely be larger. The question here is by how

Re: /boot disk partition size

2022-02-17 Thread eeickmeyer
Hi Everyone, Just forwarding this since it's still getting moderated. I talked to Mike and he didn't mean for it to sound snarky in any way in the 3rd paragraph with the reference to car safety belts, and he wanted to apologize. I'd very much like to encourage participation in this thread,

Re: /boot disk partition size

2022-02-15 Thread Brian Murray
On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 06:36:09PM +, Ian Bruntlett wrote: > Hi, > > Quick question. > I'm using an install of Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS x86_64 with one partition for / > and another partition for swap. All my /boot files are in a subdirectory of > my / partition. > > My drive is 1TB in size. > >

Re: /boot disk partition size

2022-02-15 Thread Brian Murray
On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 01:20:36PM -0800, eeickme...@ubuntu.com wrote: > Hi all, > > I thought I'd provide some context on this, reiterating what I wrote on > Friday. > > Summary: We would like to see some discussion about increasing the > /boot partition for automatic partitioning on

Re: /boot disk partition size

2022-02-15 Thread Brian Murray
On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 06:38:54PM -0800, Michael Mikowski wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > Members of the ubuntu-meeting asked me to clarify the issue with /boot. You > can see the bugs filed at https://launchpad.net/bugs/1959971 and > https://launchpad.net/bugs/1960089. > *Personal Background:* > I

Re: /boot disk partition size

2022-02-14 Thread eeickmeyer
Hi all, I thought I'd provide some context on this, reiterating what I wrote on Friday. Summary: We would like to see some discussion about increasing the /boot partition for automatic partitioning on LVM/Encrypted systems to 2GB for 22.04. We believe this would be a relatively inexpensive

/boot disk partition size

2022-02-14 Thread Michael Mikowski
Hi Everyone: Members of the ubuntu-meeting asked me to clarify the issue with /boot. You can see the bugs filed at https://launchpad.net/bugs/1959971 and https://launchpad.net/bugs/1960089. *Personal Background:* I currently lead the Kubuntu Focus engineering efforts, and

/boot disk partition size

2022-02-11 Thread Erich Eickmeyer
. Thanks, Erich - Erich Eickmeyer Project Leader - Ubuntu Studio Member - Ubuntu Community Council -- Forwarded message - From: Michael Mikowski Date: Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 18:38 Subject: /boot disk partition size To: Hi Everyone: Members