[kwlug-disc] Removing old Linux images on upgrade

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Chris Craig <kwlug.org at ciotog.net> wrote:

> On 3 December 2015 at 10:48, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
> ...snip
> > As you can see, old images and headers are automatically removed, and if
> > this worked reliably on all servers, this would take care of unwanted
> space
> > depletion in the /boot partition.
> >
> > But often not, this does not work, and a full-upgrade fails because of
> lack
> > of space, and I have to clean the partition manually.
> >
> > Any one knows why this sometimes works, but not others?
>
> I would imagine the new package would be installed first, then the old
> one removed.
>

Yes.


> Are you saying that it says it will remove a package but
> leave stuff behind, so after a few iterations of this the space fills up?


No.


> Or is it on a single upgrade that there's not enough space?
>

After multiple upgrades, I am not asked if I want to move the old images.
Sometimes I am, sometimes no. Inconsistent.
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