RE: d-i partion size defaults insufficient (was ... Re: upgrade problem)
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> Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 14:25:47 +1100
> From: scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: d-i partion size defaults insufficient (was ... Re: upgrade problem)
>
> On 07/02/14 14:07, Chris Bannister wrote:
>> CC'ing debian-boot
>>
>> Seems as though Roelof is now in space trouble.
>> He says he followed the d-i's suggestions
>> Thread starts here:
>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/02/msg00269.html
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 01:08:39PM +0000, Roelof Wobben wrote:
>>>> Was that the default partitioning layout suggested by the installer?
>>>
>>> Yes, it is.
>>
>> Not too good is it. Now look at the situation you are in. I think I've
>> been bitten by that in the past.
>>
>> It seems strange why more people aren't being affected by this, though.
>>
>>>> I notice that you only have 85M free under / which includes /lib.
>>>> e.g.
>>>> root@tal:~# du -h /lib/modules/ | tail -n 3
>>>> 81M /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-686-pae/kernel
>>>> 84M /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-686-pae
>>>> 84M /lib/modules/
>>>>
>>>> What does yours say?
>>>
>>> 127M /lib/modules/3.12-1-amd64/kernel
>>> 130M /lib/modules/3.12-1-amd64
>>> 130M /lib/modules/
>>
>> Ouch!
>>
>>>> So that 85M you have free is the problem.
>>>>
>>>> Have you got any old kernels installed which you could purge?
>>>>
>>>> root@tal:~# ls -alh /lib/modules/
>>>> total 20K
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Oct 4 16:22 .
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 12K Dec 28 20:52 ..
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jun 21 2013 3.2.0-4-686-pae
>>>
>>> Nope, unfortunately not.
>>
>> Have you tried Scott's suggestion of using deborphan (provides orphaner)
>> to see if you can free up some room? Although, I think you'll be lucky to
>> free up the required amount.
>
> Agreed. Though I'd try the following first just to check:-
> $ deborphan -sz
Did not work. Still the same problem.
> Another possibility is to re-mount (or bind) /lib somewhere with more space
How can I do that ?
Roelof
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