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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @gjacobse
      last edited by

      @gjacobse said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:

      We took over this install
      been running for ( x) years - it is for an UnFi controller.

      "It's been running for..." is another way of stating "it's been unmaintained for..."

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      • gjacobseG
        gjacobse
        last edited by gjacobse

        pass

        Freed up enough space to move forward.

        sudo rm -f (File list from above)
        

        Running:

        sudo apt-get -f install

        (2017 Feb 8: Updated with command used to remove files to free up space in /boot)

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        • gjacobseG
          gjacobse
          last edited by

          Post

          :/boot$ df -h
          Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
          udev            231M   12K  231M   1% /dev
          tmpfs            49M  396K   48M   1% /run
          /dev/dm-0        49G   13G   34G  28% /
          none            4.0K     0  4.0K   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
          none            5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
          none            242M     0  242M   0% /run/shm
          none            100M     0  100M   0% /run/user
          /dev/sda1       228M  155M   61M  72% /boot
          
          
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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            Run the auto-cleanup script now,too.

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender @scottalanmiller
              last edited by

              @scottalanmiller said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:

              @gjacobse said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:

              I not sure what should be removed, but reading father down the article suggests just running sudo apt-get autoremove and this should be fine.

              Welcome to one of the many unpolished bits of Ubuntu compared to the other enterprise Linux offerings. It needs manual maintenance of updates. It's ridiculous. Yes, the autoremove option is the proper way to handle it.

              LOL - see it's things like this, or XS's lack of autodetection being on USB and not disabling/moving Log Files like VMWare that just make some of us pull our hair out.

              Don't get me wrong - Windows 10's desire to constantly change the default viewer for PDFs is currently driving me mad!

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                last edited by

                @Dashrender said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:

                @scottalanmiller said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:

                @gjacobse said in Linux system maintenance; /boot nearly full:

                I not sure what should be removed, but reading father down the article suggests just running sudo apt-get autoremove and this should be fine.

                Welcome to one of the many unpolished bits of Ubuntu compared to the other enterprise Linux offerings. It needs manual maintenance of updates. It's ridiculous. Yes, the autoremove option is the proper way to handle it.

                LOL - see it's things like this.... that just make some of us pull our hair out.

                And that is why Ubuntu is not recommended for newbies to Linux or those not looking for a little more challenge. It's not polished and easy like CentOS is. It's fine, it's a very good system. It's easier than Windows. But it's not comparable to the OSes that would be recommended for someone coming to the Linux world.

                The real question would be... why are you running Ubuntu if this is seen as a frustration? I realize in this case, Ubiquiti controllers more or less require it and that's a huge pain that they have introduced. But in general, just don't use it.

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                • gjacobseG
                  gjacobse
                  last edited by

                  topic updated as requested.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu Boot Issues:

                    The real question would be... why are you running Ubuntu if this is seen as a frustration? I realize in this case, Ubiquiti controllers more or less require it and that's a huge pain that they have introduced. But in general, just don't use it.

                    Yep, this is why I use it.. Ubiquiti and XO.

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                    • gjacobseG
                      gjacobse
                      last edited by

                      :/boot$ sudo apt-get autoremove
                      
                      Reading package lists... Done
                      Building dependency tree
                      Reading state information... Done
                      The following packages will be REMOVED:
                        linux-image-3.13.0-96-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-96-generic
                      0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 18 not upgraded.
                      After this operation, 195 MB disk space will be freed.
                      Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
                      (Reading database ... 649709 files and directories currently installed.)
                      Removing linux-image-extra-3.13.0-96-generic (3.13.0-96.143) ...
                      run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.13.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-96-generic
                      run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-96-generic
                      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-96-generic
                      grep: /boot/config-3.13.0-96-generic: No such file or directory
                      run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.13.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-96-generic
                      run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-96-generic
                      Generating grub configuration file ...
                      Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-105-generic
                      Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-105-generic
                      Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-103-generic
                      Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-103-generic
                      Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-101-generic
                      Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-101-generic
                      Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic
                      Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-100-generic
                      Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.elf
                      Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.bin
                      done
                      Removing linux-image-3.13.0-96-generic (3.13.0-96.143) ...
                      Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
                      run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-96-generic
                      update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-96-generic
                      run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-96-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-96-generic
                      Generating grub configuration file ...
                      Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-105-generic
                      Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-105-generic
                      Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-103-generic
                      Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-103-generic
                      Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-101-generic
                      Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-101-generic
                      Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic
                      Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-100-generic
                      Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.elf
                      Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.bin
                      done
                      
                      
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                      • gjacobseG
                        gjacobse
                        last edited by

                        i:/boot$ df -h
                        Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                        udev            231M   12K  231M   1% /dev
                        tmpfs            49M  396K   48M   1% /run
                        /dev/dm-0        49G   13G   34G  28% /
                        none            4.0K     0  4.0K   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                        none            5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
                        none            242M     0  242M   0% /run/shm
                        none            100M     0  100M   0% /run/user
                        /dev/sda1       228M  151M   66M  70% /boot
                        
                        
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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender
                          last edited by

                          boy that didn't help much.

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                          • gjacobseG
                            gjacobse @Dashrender
                            last edited by

                            @Dashrender said in Ubuntu Boot Issues:

                            boy that didn't help much.

                            oh it did. went from 100% used to just 70% used.

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                            • momurdaM
                              momurda
                              last edited by momurda

                              Is this a problem started with the automatic security update feature of ubuntu? Is that option enabled on on this server?

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender @gjacobse
                                last edited by

                                @gjacobse said in Ubuntu Boot Issues:

                                @Dashrender said in Ubuntu Boot Issues:

                                boy that didn't help much.

                                oh it did. went from 100% used to just 70% used.

                                That was after you started your manual cleanup, which took you to 75%, now the automated tools took you down to 70%, that's what I was talking about.

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                                • BRRABillB
                                  BRRABill @Dashrender
                                  last edited by

                                  @Dashrender said in Ubuntu Boot Issues:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Ubuntu Boot Issues:

                                  The real question would be... why are you running Ubuntu if this is seen as a frustration? I realize in this case, Ubiquiti controllers more or less require it and that's a huge pain that they have introduced. But in general, just don't use it.

                                  Yep, this is why I use it.. Ubiquiti and XO.

                                  Same here.

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                                  • gjacobseG
                                    gjacobse
                                    last edited by

                                    During the course of this yesterday - the sources.list file got wiped.

                                    Attempts to correct this resulted in more frustration so the VM was restored from back up and and running through this again.

                                    I have updated a process or two to include the needed commands.


                                    Currently space has been freed, the system updated, and autoremove is now running.

                                    Post

                                    sudo apt-get autoremove
                                    
                                    i:/boot$ df -h
                                    Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                                    udev            231M   12K  231M   1% /dev
                                    tmpfs            49M  400K   48M   1% /run
                                    /dev/dm-0        49G   14G   33G  29% /
                                    none            4.0K     0  4.0K   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                                    none            5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
                                    none            242M     0  242M   0% /run/shm
                                    none            100M     0  100M   0% /run/user
                                    /dev/sda1       228M   97M  120M  45% /boot
                                    

                                    Which is better than yesterday.

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                                    • gjacobseG
                                      gjacobse
                                      last edited by gjacobse

                                      Running out of disk space again -

                                      i:/boot$ df -h
                                      Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                                      udev            231M   12K  231M   1% /dev
                                      tmpfs            49M  400K   48M   1% /run
                                      /dev/dm-0        49G   14G   33G  29% /
                                      none            4.0K     0  4.0K   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                                      none            5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
                                      none            242M     0  242M   0% /run/shm
                                      none            100M     0  100M   0% /run/user
                                      /dev/sda1       228M   38M  179M  18% /boot
                                      
                                      :/boot$ sudo apt-get updgrade
                                      E: Invalid operation updgrade
                                      ntgadmin@SSI-Unifi:/boot$ sudo apt-get upgrade
                                      Reading package lists... Done
                                      Building dependency tree
                                      Reading state information... Done
                                      Calculating upgrade... Done
                                      The following packages have been kept back:
                                        linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
                                      0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
                                      2 not fully installed or removed.
                                      After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
                                      Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
                                      Setting up initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu4.6) ...
                                      update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
                                      Setting up linux-firmware (1.127.23) ...
                                      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-105-generic
                                      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-96-generic
                                      grep: /boot/config-3.13.0-96-generic: No such file or directory
                                      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-44-generic
                                      grep: /boot/config-3.13.0-44-generic: No such file or directory
                                      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-54-generic
                                      grep: /boot/config-3.5.0-54-generic: No such file or directory
                                      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-39-generic
                                      grep: /boot/config-3.5.0-39-generic: No such file or directory
                                      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-37-generic
                                      grep: /boot/config-3.5.0-37-generic: No such file or directory
                                      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-34-generic
                                      grep: /boot/config-3.5.0-34-generic: No such file or directory
                                      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-32-generic
                                      grep: /boot/config-3.5.0-32-generic: No such file or directory
                                      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-31-generic
                                      grep: /boot/config-3.5.0-31-generic: No such file or directory
                                      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-30-generic
                                      grep: /boot/config-3.5.0-30-generic: No such file or directory
                                      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-28-generic
                                      grep: /boot/config-3.5.0-28-generic: No such file or directory
                                      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-27-generic
                                      grep: /boot/config-3.5.0-27-generic: No such file or directory
                                      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-23-generic
                                      grep: /boot/config-3.5.0-23-generic: No such file or directory
                                      
                                      gzip: stdout: No space left on device
                                      E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
                                      update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-23-generic with 1.
                                      dpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure):
                                       subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
                                      Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu4.6) ...
                                      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-105-generic
                                      
                                      gzip: stdout: No space left on device
                                      E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
                                      update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-105-generic with 1.
                                      dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
                                       subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
                                      E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
                                      
                                      : /boot$ df -h
                                      Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                                      udev            231M   12K  231M   1% /dev
                                      tmpfs            49M  400K   48M   1% /run
                                      /dev/dm-0        49G   14G   33G  30% /
                                      none            4.0K     0  4.0K   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                                      none            5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
                                      none            242M     0  242M   0% /run/shm
                                      none            100M     0  100M   0% /run/user
                                      /dev/sda1       228M  226M     0 100% /boot
                                      
                                      
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                                      • stacksofplatesS
                                        stacksofplates
                                        last edited by

                                        I never looked. Why is it only 228M?

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                                        • BRRABillB
                                          BRRABill @stacksofplates
                                          last edited by

                                          @stacksofplates said in Ubuntu Boot Issues:

                                          I never looked. Why is it only 228M?

                                          Maybe it was imported as an appliance or something.

                                          I have had some appliances (Graylog, I'm staring at you) that set up odd partition sizes that crippled the system quickly.

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                                          • brianlittlejohnB
                                            brianlittlejohn
                                            last edited by

                                            Ubuntu's default partitioning makes the boot partition really small. I usually go in and make it bigger when I install Ubuntu.

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