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/dev/sda1 is full and I cannot remove old kernals [duplicate]
I am trying to run some updates on my server but everything fails because apt keeps throwing the error "Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution)....
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Can't purge old kernels
I have ubuntu 20.04. I have been having problems with the /boot folder running out of space.
$ sudo apt list --installed | grep linux-image
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with ...
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Is there a fix to this ridiculous boot size problem? [duplicate]
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The upgrade needs a total of 151 M free space on disk '/boot'. Please free at least an additional 86,2 M of disk space on '/boot'. You can remove old kernels using 'sudo apt autoremove', ...
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Not enough free disk space on /boot kernels not there to be removed? [duplicate]
I've tried many of the answers I could find repeatedly. They all result in the same error. I'm not sure the cause, but the state feels like it's still half way between upgrading from 6.2.0-26 to 6.2.0-...
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When installing updates or from software center in Ubuntu 12.04, error messages
I have a new computer with plenty of disk space. There's a solid state boot drive and a regular disk where I put my files.
So the primary thing happening is that for the last few weeks, whenever I ...
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Boot is full can't get apt-get to upgrade [duplicate]
I've followed most instructions an clearing boot found on the interwebs, I'm a bit n00bish on linux inwards I use it mostly for web dev testing, but am pretty good at following command instructions ;)
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ubuntu disk size is getting full
I am running ubuntu 18.04lts with 15gb disk space but my disk is getting full I have Elasticsearch and tomcat installed on that disk.
I have tried many commands to clean the disk like
sudo apt-get ...
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Boot partition full, cannot run software updater
error that says not enough space on boot
sudo apt-get -f autoremove
results in
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 100 not upgraded.
I've manually removed all kernels (with sudo rm on /boot)...
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How can I remove old kernels/install new ones when /boot is full?
I know this question is asked many times before, however with me it is just a bit different I guess.
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 224G 5.2G 208G 3% /
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Can't upgrade due to low disk space on /boot
I try to do do-release-upgrade
but then I get:
Not enough free disk space
The upgrade has aborted. The upgrade needs a total of 25.7 M free
space on disk '/boot'. Please free at least an ...
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How to rescue after apt install or upgrade fills disk space and breaks? [duplicate]
I'd like to know if there is an official way to rescue from a botched install due to filled disk space. Working with VMs and trying to conserve space on golden images has led me to this problem ...
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Write error: Cannot write compressed block [duplicate]
I'm kinda new in Linux.
I cannot boot. My PC stays in the logo of the motherboard after selecting Ubuntu from GRUB menu.
I have been watching some youtube videos to solve this, since my first error ...
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Aborted upgrade to 21.04 did not restore original system state, is it safe to continue?
I was trying to upgrade from 20.10 to 21.04. I fully updated the system (no reboot was required), then ran do-release-upgrade:
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [819 B]
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Why does Ubuntu Server installer create separate /boot and /boot/efi partitions? Is /boot on a separate partition optional?
I am installing Ubuntu Server, and I noticed that the guided lvm process will create a 512MB /boot/efi fat32 partition as well as a 1GB /boot ext4 partition. The rest of the HDD is then given to LVM ...
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linux-firmware upgrade failure due to full /boot? [duplicate]
During sudo apt upgrade I get the following error. Also on sudo apt autoremove --purge.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 ...
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