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Bug#1084232: initramfs-tools: fails with "No space left on device" due to 2 temporary initrd copies in /boot

From Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#1084232: initramfs-tools: fails with "No space left on device" due to 2 temporary initrd copies in /boot
Date 2024-10-09 03:00 +0200
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On 2024-10-08 20:12:11 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2024-10-08 at 03:41 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > Indeed, with 3 installed kernels:
> > 
> > Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> > /dev/nvme0n1p2  456M  295M  137M  69% /boot
> > 
> > So there isn't enough space for a 4th kernel + a temporary copy
> > (90 MB each at maximum compression + 9 MB for the vmlinuz file).
> 
> OK.   But 'apt autoremove' should normally remove one of the old
> kernels.

Only if the user reboots *immediately* to switch to the new kernel.
This may be unwanted if there is onging work.

> And I don't see how this answers my question about the claim of 2
> temporary copies.

I've said that there was actually only one temporary copy. Still,
this gives a limitation of 3 permanent kernels (with a 4th slot
temporarily for an upgrade).

Given that there are more bugs related to new kernels (screen blanking
issues, broken bluetooth), this makes things difficult.

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Bug#1084232: initramfs-tools: fails with "No space left on device" due to 2 temporary initrd copies in /boot Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-10-07 00:50 +0200
  Bug#1084232: initramfs-tools: fails with "No space left on device" due to 2 temporary initrd copies in /boot Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-10-07 01:00 +0200
  Processed: Re: initramfs-tools: fails with "No space left on  device" due to 2 temporary initrd copies in /boot "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2024-10-07 01:00 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#1084232: initramfs-tools: fails with "No space  left on device" due to 2 temporary initrd copies in /boot "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2024-10-07 21:30 +0200
  Bug#1084232: initramfs-tools: fails with "No space left on device" due to 2 temporary initrd copies in /boot Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2024-10-07 21:30 +0200
    Bug#1084232: initramfs-tools: fails with "No space left on device" due to 2 temporary initrd copies in /boot Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-10-08 03:50 +0200
      Bug#1084232: initramfs-tools: fails with "No space left on device" due to 2 temporary initrd copies in /boot Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2024-10-08 20:20 +0200
        Bug#1084232: initramfs-tools: fails with "No space left on device" due to 2 temporary initrd copies in /boot Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-10-09 03:00 +0200

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