[Trisquel-users] Initramfs problems ...

[leestrobel]

I seem to be having some problems with automatic initramfs updates when I  
install/upgrade certain packages via Synaptic.

Firstly: I have a newer 4.8.0 Trisquel 8 kernel installed, but I didn't like  
it (the trackpad driver seems worse), so I've gone back to using the 3.13.0  
kernel from Trisquel 8. However, when Synaptic runs update-initramfs, it is  
trying to update the newest version (4.8.0), which I am not using.

Secondly: My /boot partition is only 100MB and fairly full up. So, when  
update-initramfs runs, it inevitably fails, because there isn't enough space  
to create a new initrd image. I can run it myself, if I delete the old initrd  
image first, to make space.

So, is it possible to customize the way that Synaptic is updating the  
initramfs, or failing that, just stop it from trying to update it completely,  
so I can update it myself?