Public bug reported:
When the update manager downloads and installs kernel updates, I get
failures and information that the new packages will not be installed. I
looked in the apt log files for the cause and found that my boot
partition was full. It is worth noting that when I originally
installed/partitioned I chose the option to use the entire disk and took
the defaults (which uses 100MB for boot partition.)
The obvious workaround for this was to go to /boot and remove a few old
versions, but I cannot imagine telling a new user to "just go over to
your boot partition a delete some backup kernel files." That wouldn't
go very far towards working on defect #1. For many users this could
easily become a security issue because the system will just continue
working, using an old kernel, and never installing any further kernel
updates.
If it is needed, here is a portion of the apt log showing the output of the
installation process:
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Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic (2.6.24-19.34) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic:
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic depends on
linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic; however:
Package linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
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System Information:
Dell Latitude D620
100 GB hard drive
Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop (upgraded, not clean install from Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop)
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Cannot install kernel updates: No space left on device
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244764
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