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Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full

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On 01/08/2021 23:51, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 01, 2021 at 03:29:07PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
>> 2021-08-01 13:52:37 root@dipsy ~
>> # file /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-17-amd64
>> /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-17-amd64: gzip compressed data, last modified: Sun
>> Jul 25 19:43:38 2021, from Unix, original size 126331392
> Your initrd image, *uncompressed*, is smaller than the OP's compressed
> images.  That should put to bed any more silly comments about "try
> switching from gzip to bzip2 or xz" that we always get whenever someone
> makes one of these threads.

I object slightly to the comments being "silly", but you are right
that,  although changing the compression will save some space, thinning
out the contents of the initrd is going to have a much bigger effect. I
stand corrected.

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Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full Ilkka Huotari <ilkkah@gmail.com> - 2021-08-01 06:40 +0200
  Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full Paul Duncan <paul.d@soi-team.org> - 2021-08-01 12:00 +0200
  Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-08-01 17:40 +0200
  Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-08-01 21:50 +0200
    Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-01 22:10 +0200
      Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-08-01 22:30 +0200
      Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-08-02 00:30 +0200
        Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-02 01:00 +0200
          Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2021-08-02 17:20 +0200
          Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-08-02 20:20 +0200
            Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-02 20:40 +0200
              Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-02 21:50 +0200
                Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-08-02 23:30 +0200
              Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-08-02 21:50 +0200
        Re: listing initrd content (was: Updating kernels impossible...) Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-08-02 07:30 +0200
          Re: listing initrd content (was: Updating kernels impossible...) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-02 13:30 +0200
            Re: listing initrd content The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-08-02 13:50 +0200
              Re: listing initrd content Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-02 14:00 +0200
                Re: listing initrd content The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-08-02 14:10 +0200
                Re: listing initrd content David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-08-02 17:50 +0200
                Re: listing initrd content Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-02 18:00 +0200
                Re: listing initrd content David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-08-02 18:10 +0200
                Re: listing initrd content David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-08-02 21:00 +0200
                Re: listing initrd content David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-08-03 12:00 +0200
      Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2021-08-02 07:10 +0200
        Re: Updating kernels impossible when /boot is getting full David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-08-02 18:00 +0200

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