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Do the answers in How can I add more disk space to /boot for update still work in the newest Ubuntu 22.04? Can I just order a new drive format it and resize boot to the right and be done? And does that work also for expanding home?

I have the same problem where nothing helps to free enough space and when I buy a new drive I would like to resize the rest of the space to home.

sudo lsblk -f

NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID                                   FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS


sda

├─sda1
│    vfat   FAT32       2DBC-43FC                                   1G     1% /boot/efi
├─sda2
│    swap   1           09c54359-ba24-4a3e-9442-eb527496337a                  [SWAP]
├─sda3
│    ext4   1.0         8ea302c5-b2f3-46fb-a50a-a4f8377a8044         0    94% /boot
└─sda4
     LVM2_m LVM2        Lx2mUh-pbgT-qI88-xauW-bsfX-wPZ7-5cBAtO

  └─vg0-lv--0
     xfs                343d781f-b8cd-4dc7-ace5-a642b30c4d9a      8.5T    22% /

Here is a screenshot of the output that looks might be more clear!:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/MSDW7.png

oldfred
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  • Your link seems to be more for housecleaning to make more space. I generally recommend new clean install, so you can choose sizes as desired & then restore from your standard updated backup. Good test that backup is complete. You cannot have duplicate UUIDs & GUIDs, so cannot reboot with both drives connected if planning to keep using old drive. Also is system UEFI or BIOS, partitioned with gpt or very old MBR(msdos)? If you have /boot are you using full drive encryption? Otherwise /boot as partition generally not required. Post this sudo lsblk -f in question above. – oldfred Mar 05 '24 at 13:48
  • I am not sure I used this guide to install ubuntu server!: https://systemzone.net/ubuntu-server-20-04-installation-with-lvm/ – user21196187 Mar 05 '24 at 17:58
  • I have a lot stuff that I dont want to loose like a cloud instance and other stuff over 1tb! I am not sure how backups work! I am generally new to ubuntu! – user21196187 Mar 05 '24 at 18:02
  • I do not use Clouds. You should have a backup drive larger than any data you want to keep whether Ubuntu or other operating system. If no backup, then you data must not be important. I do not like image backups, and use rsync for /home after exporting list of installed apps. If server you may have data in / folders that also need backup. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem & https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CategoryBackupRecovery & https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2436006 & http://askubuntu.com/questions/320458/how-to-exclude-multiple-directories-with-rsync – oldfred Mar 05 '24 at 18:07
  • Have you seen the output of?: sudo lsblk -f – user21196187 Mar 05 '24 at 18:12
  • I would if possible avoid backup stuff and recover is there a different way? On hand of the output of: sudo lsblk -f – user21196187 Mar 05 '24 at 18:13
  • Removed snaps (the loop mounts) & changed formatting, almost correct. Do not know LVM nor xfs. Your /boot does seem rather full, not sure if related to xfs or not. Those that know LVM may want these commands also: sudo pvs & sudo vgs&sudo lvs` Since xfs, you cannot run fsck, and may need whatever is the equivalent in xfs. – oldfred Mar 05 '24 at 20:47
  • Sorry it sounds very complex and i just understand a part I just choose a easy way I bought a nvme and copy all important files and delete the server drives and reinstall ubuntu that should fix my problem this time I will set boot to 50 or 100gb to avoid in the future such issues! – user21196187 Mar 06 '24 at 02:41
  • thanks for your help I learned some new stuff! :) Sorry for your wasted time! – user21196187 Mar 06 '24 at 02:41

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