Control: retitle -1 initramfs-tools: update-initramfs fails with "No space left on device" due to 2 temporary initrd copies in /boot
On 2024-10-07 00:39:23 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > When updating an initrd file, update-initramfs keeps 2 temporary > copies in /boot, though its space is typically *very* limited > (456 MB by default). This means that one can keep a limited number > of kernels. With the 456 MB default size and maximum compression > (COMPRESS=lzma and COMPRESSLEVEL=9), only 3 kernels are possible. The error: [...] Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.145) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.11.0-rc2+ lzma: (stdout): Write error: No space left on device E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 E: mkinitramfs failure lzma -9 1 update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-6.11.0-rc2+ with 1. dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure): installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
