Re: /boot partition too small

[gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>]

On Thu, 06 Oct 2022 11:48:42 +0200, Enrico Zini wrote:

> ## /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
> 
>     # makes somewhat smaller initrd files and buys some time
>     COMPRESS=zstd
> 
>     # makes definitely smaller initrd files, but breaks boot if
>     # dependencies are not computed correctly: risky! And it needs
>     # regenerating the initrd if running on different hardware
>     MODULES=dep 

also:

## /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf

    #
    # backup_initramfs [ yes | no ]
    #
    # Default is no
    # If set to no leaves no .bak backup files.
    
    backup_initramfs=no
 
(ISTR that the default was "yes", and avoiding those backups has
helped my in a smilar situation in the past.)
 

Cheers,
gregor

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