I have found a problem several times running updates which are coming more and more often. That's probably good for security but the automated attempt to update adds a bunch of files to a root level directory, like this:
lenovo[~]> cd /boot lenovo[/boot]> ls -l total 92010 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1312266 Dec 2 15:52 abi-4.2.0-21-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1312266 Dec 17 20:23 abi-4.2.0-22-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184850 Dec 2 15:52 config-4.2.0-21-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184850 Dec 17 20:23 config-4.2.0-22-generic drw-rw-rw- 5 root root 1024 Dec 20 10:25 grub -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34594062 Dec 18 10:36 initrd.img-4.2.0-21-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34597280 Dec 20 10:25 initrd.img-4.2.0-22-generic drw-rw-rw- 2 root root 12288 May 26 2015 lost+found -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182704 Aug 27 09:04 memtest86+.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184380 Aug 27 09:04 memtest86+.elf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184840 Aug 27 09:04 memtest86+_multiboot.bin -rw------- 1 root root 3740849 Dec 2 15:52 System.map-4.2.0-21-generic -rw------- 1 root root 3740849 Dec 17 20:23 System.map-4.2.0-22-generic -rw------- 1 root root 6799408 Dec 2 15:52 vmlinuz-4.2.0-21-generic -rw------- 1 root root 6799856 Dec 17 20:23 vmlinuz-4.2.0-22-generic To fix I have to login as root and delete older files that, hopefully, will never be needed for a backup. There is plenty of extra room on the disk and it's hard to understand why the files can't just continue to waste space but I can't find evidence of some limit other than the disk itself. Is it possible that root has some limit to its own use? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798414 Title: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/initramfs-tools/+bug/798414/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
