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[Kenneth Bingham <misc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I second ~grey's assertion. I installed Wily 15.10 only a few weeks ago
and accepted the default /boot partition size suggested for use with LVM
and today was unable to perform a routine package upgrade due to a lack
of free space on /boot. I was able to work around the problem by first
listing installed kernel versions:

$ dpkg -l linux-image-\*|grep ^ii
ii  linux-image-4.2.0-16-generic       4.2.0-16.19  amd64        Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-4.2.0-21-generic       4.2.0-21.25  amd64        Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-4.2.0-22-generic       4.2.0-22.27  amd64        Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-4.2.0-23-generic       4.2.0-23.28  amd64        Linux kernel image for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-extra-4.2.0-16-generic 4.2.0-16.19  amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-extra-4.2.0-21-generic 4.2.0-21.25  amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-extra-4.2.0-22-generic 4.2.0-22.27  amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP

then identifying the running kernel

$ uname -r
4.2.0-22-generic

then purging old kernel pax
$ sudo apt-get purge linux-image-4.2.0-{16,21} 

and finally completing package upgrades
$ sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798414

Title:
  update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't
  enough  free space

Status in initramfs-tools:
  Confirmed
Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

  When generating a new initramfs there is no check for available free
  space, subsequently its possible for update-initramfs to fail due to a
  lack of free space.  This is resulting in package installation
  failures for initramfs-tools.  For example:

  Setting up initramfs-tools (0.98.8ubuntu3) ...
  update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
  Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic

  gzip: stdout: No space left on device
  E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
  update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic
  dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

  WORKAROUND:

  Remove unused kernels using computer janitor (not in repositories for
  14.04 or later) or manually free space on your partition containing
  the /boot file system.

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