EDIT: following the instructions on this thread, I attempted to remove my old/unused kernels but could not. It looks like there's not enough space for the operation, what do I do?
Output of ls /boot/:
abi-4.2.0-42-generic initrd.img-4.4.0-57-generic
abi-4.4.0-45-generic lost+found
abi-4.4.0-47-generic memtest86+.bin
abi-4.4.0-51-generic memtest86+.elf
config-4.2.0-42-generic memtest86+_multiboot.bin
config-4.4.0-45-generic System.map-4.2.0-42-generic
config-4.4.0-47-generic System.map-4.4.0-45-generic
config-4.4.0-51-generic System.map-4.4.0-47-generic
grub System.map-4.4.0-51-generic
initrd.img-4.2.0-42-generic vmlinuz-4.2.0-42-generic
initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic
initrd.img-4.4.0-45-generic vmlinuz-4.4.0-47-generic
initrd.img-4.4.0-47-generic vmlinuz-4.4.0-51-generic
initrd.img-4.4.0-51-generic
Output of dpkg -l linux-image-\* | grep ^ii
ii linux-image-4.2.0-42-generic 4.2.0-42.49 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic 4.4.0-45.66 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.4.0-47-generic 4.4.0-47.68 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-4.4.0-51-generic 4.4.0-51.72 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-4.2.0-42-generic 4.2.0-42.49 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic 4.4.0-45.66 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
However, when I run sudo apt-get purge linux-image-4.2.0-42 linux-image-4.4.0-45, I get the following messages:
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-47-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-47-generic (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-47-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Am I doing something wrong?
ORIGINAL:
I've been getting space errors whenever I try to upgrade, and on the dist-upgrade I tried just now I got the following errors:
gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure find 141 cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-51-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-51-generic (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-47-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-51-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
The output of df is:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev 1787060 0 1787060 0% /dev
tmpfs 361572 10496 351076 3% /run
/dev/mapper/xubuntu--vg-root 236014344 38503396 185499020 18% /
tmpfs 1807848 172 1807676 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 1807848 0 1807848 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda1 240972 227218 1313 100% /boot
tmpfs 361572 36 361536 1% /run/user/1000
and the output of uname -r:
4.4.0-51-generic
I've tried several things based on solutions offered to some of these errors individually, but I haven't had any luck yet.
Thank you sincerely for any help!
/bootis full. – Pilot6 Jan 31 '17 at 15:16/boot/initrd.img-*files that correspond to the kernel packages that you were about to remove, then proceed to remove the packages like before. I'm going to vote to reopen your question since it's slightly yet significantly different from the linked question. – David Foerster Feb 02 '17 at 15:24sudo apt-get cleanis the first command to run. – Pilot6 Feb 02 '17 at 19:21