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Bug#1076582: initramfs-tools-core: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 (No space left on device)

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[ adding debian-release to the list for some troubling observations ]

On Friday, 19 July 2024 15:54:57 CEST Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2024-07-19 14:32:28 +0200, Diederik de Haas wrote:
> > On Friday, 19 July 2024 13:08:50 CEST Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > > When upgrading the firmware:
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > > Setting up firmware-intel-graphics (20240610-1) ...
> > > Setting up firmware-iwlwifi (20240610-1) ...
> > > Setting up firmware-misc-nonfree (20240610-1) ...
> > > Setting up firmware-nvidia-graphics (20240610-1) ...
> > > Setting up firmware-intel-misc (20240610-1) ...
> > > Setting up firmware-mediatek (20240610-1) ...
> > > Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.142) ...
> > > update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.9.9-amd64
> > > zstd: error 70 : Write error : cannot write block : No space left on
> > > device
> > 
> > If you do not need all that firmware, try removing the ones you
> > don't need. Especially if you don't need nvidia-graphics firmware,
> > remove that because that is BIG (and the reason it got split out
> > from misc-nonfree). It's a RECOMMENDS, so you can remove it (if you
> > don't need it).
> 
> The graphics card is a Nvidia one, so I probably need this firmware.
> 
> In any case, the upgrade should work for any user, including when
> all these packages are needed.
> 
> > On Friday, 19 July 2024 13:08:50 CEST Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > > This is wrong. There's plenty of space:
> > > 
> > > Filesystem                Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> > > ...
> > > 
> > >           456M  243M  189M  57% /boot
> > 
> > While generating the initramfs it needs a LOT more space then what's
> > needed
> > when the generation completes successfully. It's all the uncompressed
> > files + the size of the compressed archived/initramfs.
> > When done, it can remove all the uncompressed files.
> 
> But it would be silly to use the /boot partition (which is typically
> small) for storing the temporary uncompressed files.
> 
> Note that https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apcs01.en.html
> does not recommend anything for the /boot partition.
> 
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apcs05.en.html says
> "25–50MB should suffice" (though this is probably not sufficient
> for most uses).
> 
> https://linuxhint.com/boot-partition-size-debian/ says
> 256 MB / 512 MB for Debian 11.
> 
> Mine has 512 MB (more that 10 times the recommended 25–50MB).

Holy crap! Some quotes from the Stable documentation:

"If you have a large IDE disk"
"This restriction doesn't apply if you have a BIOS newer than around 1995–98"
Seeing the word "cylinder" all over the place ...
"CHS translation mode (“Large”)" = Cylinder/Head/Sector I presume?

And then indeed "25–50MB should suffice" (for /boot/ partition).

Maybe that document should be updated for this CENTURY?

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Bug#1076582: initramfs-tools-core: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 (No space left on device) Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-07-19 13:20 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#1076582: initramfs-tools-core: mkinitramfs  failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 (No space left on device) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2024-07-19 14:50 +0200
  Bug#1076582: initramfs-tools-core: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 (No space left on device) Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-07-19 16:30 +0200
  Bug#1076582: initramfs-tools-core: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 (No space left on device) Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-07-19 16:50 +0200
    Bug#1076582: initramfs-tools-core: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 (No space left on device) Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-07-19 18:30 +0200
  Bug#1076582: initramfs-tools-core: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 (No space left on device) Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-07-19 18:20 +0200
  Bug#1076582: initramfs-tools-core: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 (No space left on device) Simon John <debian2@the-jedi.co.uk> - 2024-07-21 13:30 +0200
    Bug#1076582: initramfs-tools-core: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 (No space left on device) Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-07-24 11:10 +0200
  Bug#1076582: initramfs-tools-core: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 (No space left on device) Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack@libero.it> - 2024-07-22 23:10 +0200
  Bug#1076582: initramfs-tools-core: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -9 -T0 70 (No space left on device) Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org> - 2024-07-24 15:00 +0200
  Processed: Re: Processed (with 1 error): tagging 1076539,  forcibly merging 1076582 1076539 "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2024-07-28 22:40 +0200

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