for me it was sufficient to to free up somespace on /boot drive
2011/10/13 Herbert <herbert.fisc...@gmail.com> > I got this error during a release upgrade to 11.10 and I'm trying to > recover the upgrade process. I deleted a few old kernels to free up some > space on /boot and run "dpkg --configure -a". > > Is this sufficient to end the upgrade process? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (852766). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798462 > > Title: > update-manager's free space calculator for /boot seems insufficient > > Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu: > Fix Released > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: update-manager > > There are a number of initramfs-tools apport package bug reports from > distribution upgrades regarding errors with a lack of free space on > /boot. Looking at DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py update-manager uses > the following when calculating how much space the boot partition will > need: > > KERNEL_INITRD_SIZE = 19 * 1024 * 1024 > > The number 19 should probably be increased or as slangasek suggests "a > much better predictor would be to check the size of the initrd for the > current kernel". > > WORKAROUND: > > Remove unused kernels using computer janitor or manually free space on > your partition containing the /boot file system. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/798462/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798462 Title: update-manager's free space calculator for /boot seems insufficient To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/798462/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
