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Re: Enlarging /boot

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On 8/2/2020 3:32 PM, Erwan David wrote:
> I used the buster installer about 1 year ago,with a fully encrypted
> disk, thus
> 
> a /boot/efi partition, a /boot partition then an encrypted lvm.
> 
> /boot is now not large enough to even have 2 kernels on it,
> initramfs-tools cannot create the images.
> 
> I see this
> /dev/nvme0n1p2                     237M   92M  133M  41% /boot
> /dev/nvme0n1p1                     511M  5.3M  506M   2% /boot/efi
> 
> Is it possible to reduce /boot/efi and have some more room for /boot, or
> should I reinstall the computer ?

	Um, the kernel is only about 5M in size.  With 133M free, there should 
be plenty of room for multiple kernels.  The initrd image is usually 
under 40M, so there should be room for the entire boot image to be 
duplicated.  Note the current use is only 41%.  You shouldn't need more 
space, per se, except that normally the initrd is temporarily 
uncompressed while it is being created.  I think you could get around 
this by employing chroot.

	To answer your question, I am given to understand /boot/efi is a vfat 
file system, so it should be possible to shrink it, move the /boot 
partition, and then expand it.

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Enlarging /boot Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2020-08-02 22:40 +0200
  Re: Enlarging /boot Leslie Rhorer <lesrhorer@att.net> - 2020-08-02 23:50 +0200
    Re: Enlarging /boot Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2020-08-03 08:40 +0200
      Re: Enlarging /boot Andrew Cater <amacater@gmail.com> - 2020-08-03 09:50 +0200
        Re: Enlarging /boot Leslie Rhorer <lesrhorer@att.net> - 2020-08-04 00:20 +0200
      Re: Enlarging /boot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-08-03 18:30 +0200
  Re: Enlarging /boot Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2020-08-02 23:50 +0200
    Re: Enlarging /boot Leslie Rhorer <lesrhorer@att.net> - 2020-08-03 00:00 +0200
  Re: Enlarging /boot David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-08-03 05:40 +0200
  Re: Enlarging /boot didier.gaumet@gmail.com - 2020-08-03 10:10 +0200

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