This is really annoying bug. Even experienced user who never encountered a problem with consumed inodes will spend a lot of time finding the cause of the problem. The error message "No space left on device" does not suggest that the problem is with inodes.
The update process should certainly remove very old kernels automatically by default or show an explanatory warning. There are many examples of users which faced this problem: http://askubuntu.com/q/317763/67132 http://askubuntu.com/q/388449/67132 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2039786 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2206534 See also related Bug #690911 Installation without formatting fails to remove old kernels Attempts (certainly imperfect) to remove old kernels automatically: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/RemoveOldKernels#Automatic http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1961409&page=3&p=11859290#post11859290 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1089195 Title: linux-headers will eat your inodes on LTS. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1089195/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
