/boot full. Updates can't install. Can I delete things?

Question

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04

I can't install the latest updates and the error it's giving me is that /boot is full.

Looking in /boot, I see a lot of the following files:

initrd.img-4.4.0-**xx**-generic

vmlinuz-4.4.0-**xx**-generic

vmlinuz-4.4.0-**xx**-generic.efi.signed

config-4.4.0-**xx**-generic

abi-4.4.0-**xx**-generic

System.map-4.4.0-**xx**-generic


**xx** varies from 21 to 38...

Can I and should I delete anything that's not the latest?

May I ask why /boot is so small? Is it a separate partition or does the whole system does lack space? — ElHeineken, Oct 10 '16 at 03:04

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 10 '16 at 04:14

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Running apt-get purge linux-image-4.4.0-**xx**-generic may help. Deleting by hand may cause some unexpected issues as you have no experience before. The /boot/grub/grub.cfg file contains the bootup menu list which may call the image you just deleted.

edited Oct 10 '16 at 04:14

TheOdd

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answered Oct 10 '16 at 02:38

Jadyn Chou

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/boot full. Updates can't install. Can I delete things?

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