Hi Dean, I agree; a 100 MB boot is just silly. So, run a daily script with this in it.
http://www.tolaris.com/2012/07/19/removing-old-kernels-from-ubuntu/ That purges any kernel that isn't either the highest-versioned one, or one which is currently running. Regards, Tyler On 2012-09-05 14:44, Dean Henrichsmeyer wrote: > Hi All, > > I realize this has been covered in the past but I've been observing more of > it lately so thought I'd revisit it. Here's the problem I've been > observing. Service providers that offer dedicated servers running Ubuntu > default to 100MB /boot partitions. This is true of providers like Peer1, > Softlayer, etc. Granted, you can fix that by re-provisioning the machine > with your own partition preferences prior to putting your > data/configuration on the host but most won't note the potential problem > until it's too late. > > So what happens is if you use something that keeps the machine up to date > like Landscape or something of your own, /boot is going to fill up fast. As > far as I can tell, Ubuntu Server doesn't tell you that you need a reboot > when a new kernel is installed like Desktop does and it's no time at all > before /boot is filled up. If you're not monitoring your partitions and/or > manually house cleaning /boot consistently, you're going to run into problems. > > I realize the ideal thing would be to get providers to change their > defaults to something more modern that is in line with the size of today's > disks and kernels. That being said, I also think it would be really nice to > set a policy or something on the number of kernels you keep around. I'd > like users getting dedicated servers running Ubuntu to have a positive > experience. I don't know if anything is planned in this area but I thought > I'd provide some feedback in case it factors in. > > Thanks, > Dean > > -- "The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space – each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision." -- Randal Munroe -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
