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Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full



* 2021-08-01 16:00:24-0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:

> Someone who knows what makes initrd images swell up, please step in
> and advise. And no, it's not "try using a different compression
> algorithm". It's something in the *content*.

Initrd image is large when the pairing kernel is compiled with debugging
symbols. I can't tell if this is the case with the original poster.

Large unneeded files can be deleted with "rm". It's rough but pretty
much the only option if the package manager can't work anymore on a full
partition. I would use "rm" to delete the oldest not running kernel and
initrd file and update the kernel with package manager. Then I would
delete the old kernel and related packages with the package manager.

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