How to free space on a full /boot partition?

Asked Jun 05 '17 at 14:23

Active Jun 05 '17 at 14:28

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Stuck running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on a Lenova desktop with a small boot partition now with 0(zero) bytes after many upgrades. Currently at 4.4.0-71-generic but new upgrades fail. Have tried suggestions from many "solutions" but still can not upgrade.

None of the following free-up space:

sudo apt-get clean

sudo apt autoremove --purge

sudo apt-get autoremove --purge

sudo purge-old-kernels

sudo apt autoremove

sudo apt-get purge linux-image-4.4.0-67

Have also purged all the other old linux-images that do not have dependencies.

Any new suggestions?

edited Jun 05 '17 at 14:28

Yaron

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asked Jun 05 '17 at 14:23

Branlon

Also examine https://askubuntu.com/questions/171209/my-boot-partition-hit-100-and-now-i-cant-upgrade-cant-remove-old-kernels-to – Charles Green Jun 05 '17 at 14:30
With the sheer size of todays hard drives I don't understand why people insist on making /boot as small as possible. If you do you need to keep as few kernels as possible, I suggest no more then 3 – Panther Jun 05 '17 at 14:37

How to free space on a full /boot partition?

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