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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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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch @brianlittlejohn
                                          last edited by JaredBusch

                                          @brianlittlejohn said in Ubuntu Boot Issues:

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

                                          Here is what Ubuntu did on my UniFi controller. It has a 127GB vhdx because I was lazy and just clicked next through the VM creation wizard.

                                          Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64)
                                          
                                          user@bnauc02:~$ df -h
                                          Filesystem                    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                                          udev                          473M     0  473M   0% /dev
                                          tmpfs                          99M  4.3M   94M   5% /run
                                          /dev/mapper/bnauc02--vg-root  124G   12G  106G  11% /
                                          tmpfs                         491M     0  491M   0% /dev/shm
                                          tmpfs                         5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
                                          tmpfs                         491M     0  491M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                                          /dev/sda2                     237M  111M  114M  50% /boot
                                          /dev/sda1                     511M  3.6M  508M   1% /boot/efi
                                          tmpfs                          99M     0   99M   0% /run/user/1000
                                          user@bnauc02:~$
                                          
                                          user@bnauc02:~$ dpkg --list 'linux-image*'
                                          Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
                                          | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
                                          |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
                                          ||/ Name                       Version            Architecture       Description
                                          +++-==========================-==================-==================-=========================================================
                                          un  linux-image                <none>             <none>             (no description available)
                                          un  linux-image-3.0            <none>             <none>             (no description available)
                                          rc  linux-image-3.19.0-15-gene 3.19.0-15.15       amd64              Linux kernel image for version 3.19.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
                                          rc  linux-image-3.19.0-25-gene 3.19.0-25.26       amd64              Linux kernel image for version 3.19.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
                                          rc  linux-image-3.19.0-33-gene 3.19.0-33.38       amd64              Linux kernel image for version 3.19.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
                                          rc  linux-image-4.2.0-18-gener 4.2.0-18.22        amd64              Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
                                          ii  linux-image-4.2.0-22-gener 4.2.0-22.27        amd64              Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
                                          ii  linux-image-4.4.0-34-gener 4.4.0-34.53        amd64              Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
                                          rc  linux-image-extra-3.19.0-1 3.19.0-15.15       amd64              Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.19.0 on 64 bit x
                                          rc  linux-image-extra-3.19.0-2 3.19.0-25.26       amd64              Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.19.0 on 64 bit x
                                          rc  linux-image-extra-3.19.0-3 3.19.0-33.38       amd64              Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.19.0 on 64 bit x
                                          rc  linux-image-extra-4.2.0-18 4.2.0-18.22        amd64              Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x8
                                          ii  linux-image-extra-4.2.0-22 4.2.0-22.27        amd64              Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x8
                                          ii  linux-image-extra-4.4.0-34 4.4.0-34.53        amd64              Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x8
                                          ii  linux-image-generic        4.4.0.34.36        amd64              Generic Linux kernel image
                                          
                                          @bnauc02:~$ ls -l /boot
                                          total 103700
                                          -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1312266 Dec 17  2015 abi-4.2.0-22-generic
                                          -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1241623 Jul 27  2016 abi-4.4.0-34-generic
                                          -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   184850 Dec 17  2015 config-4.2.0-22-generic
                                          -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   189676 Jul 27  2016 config-4.4.0-34-generic
                                          drwx------ 3 root root     4096 Dec 31  1969 efi
                                          drwxr-xr-x 5 root root     1024 Jan 30 13:46 grub
                                          -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32325185 Dec 23 09:07 initrd.img-4.2.0-22-generic
                                          -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34624651 Feb  8 00:28 initrd.img-4.4.0-34-generic
                                          drwx------ 2 root root    12288 Jul 31  2015 lost+found
                                          -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   182704 Jan 28  2016 memtest86+.bin
                                          -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   184380 Jan 28  2016 memtest86+.elf
                                          -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   184840 Jan 28  2016 memtest86+_multiboot.bin
                                          -rw------- 1 root root  3740849 Dec 17  2015 System.map-4.2.0-22-generic
                                          -rw------- 1 root root  3866644 Jul 27  2016 System.map-4.4.0-34-generic
                                          -rw------- 1 root root  6799856 Dec 17  2015 vmlinuz-4.2.0-22-generic
                                          -rw------- 1 root root  6801784 Dec 28  2015 vmlinuz-4.2.0-22-generic.efi.signed
                                          -rw------- 1 root root  7046160 Jul 27  2016 vmlinuz-4.4.0-34-generic
                                          -rw------- 1 root root  7048088 Aug 26 02:17 vmlinuz-4.4.0-34-generic.efi.signed
                                          
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                                          • BRRABillB
                                            BRRABill @brianlittlejohn
                                            last edited by

                                            @brianlittlejohn said in Ubuntu Boot Issues:

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

                                            In the week or so since we discussed "Why CentOS and not Ubuntu" there are like 3 of these annoying types of things every day.

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