Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > linux.debian.bugs.rc > #367446

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

Show all headers | View raw

I was hit by this the other day, I have a couple of systems built using 
Bullseye's suggested 500mb /boot for encrypted root. I now can't even 
fit 2 kernels.

MODULES=dep makes almost no difference - 10mb smaller?

I even tried reducing the ext4 reserved space from 5% to 0, which is far 
from ideal and still didn't free up enough space.

Purging firmware-ath9k-htc firmware-carl9170 amd64-microcode 
firmware-amd-graphics and firmware-intel-graphics didn't help - plus if 
i ever want to add wifi or switch to an amd/intel graphics card i'm 
going to be in trouble.

zstd I noticed is now being used, that should make things smaller not 
bigger, is that new, did something go wrong there?

I use nvidia and plymouth which is the standard desktop install with a 
graphical cryptsetup prompt and I'm having the same problem on my 
intel-only laptop, so not just an nvidia thing (unless its installed but 
not used).

I went through the pain of shrinking a LUKS root to make a bigger /boot 
and now I find a 1gb /boot can't fit 3 kernels!

Part of the problem is the initrd.img-6.9.9-amd64.dpkg-bak and 
initrd.img-6.9.9-amd64.new files mean that you've got to have enough 
room for 3x the latest kernel, plus one of any previous kernels, so for 
a typical three kernel install that's now 5x 237mb plus vmlinuz and 
stuff, we're talking 1300mb absolute minimum.

Given that the initrd's have almost tripled in size, this is going to 
cause chaos when Trixie becomes stable - everyone will have to reinstall 
with a 2gb /boot and there will be no upgrade path.

Looking at some backups, its not the fault of the 6.9 kernels, just 
something that happened around the time of their release:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 237M Jul 21 02:17 initrd.img-6.9.10-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 237M Jul 19 11:59 initrd.img-6.9.9-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  85M Jul  8 17:23 initrd.img-6.9.8-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  85M Jul  7 23:32 initrd.img-6.9.7-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  85M Jun 19 18:20 initrd.img-6.8.12-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root  85M Jun  7 13:32 initrd.img-6.8.11-amd64

On https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=972396 there's a 
suggested patch to use mktemp to move the .new temp file to /tmp but 
that only partially helps as you still have .dpkg-bak

Realistically we need a fix for whatever happened here and it can't be 
any of:

  * remove plymouth or firmware (not practical for desktop)
  * make /boot bigger (not upgrade friendly)
  * MODULES=dep (not effective)

As for updating the docs and installer - my bookworm stable box has two 
6.1 kernels in a 471mb /boot with room for a couple more, so....

-- 
Simon John

Back to linux.debian.bugs.rc | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

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

csiph-web