[clug] Ubu 10.04 apt upgrade fail / low disk space / old kernel removal problems

Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.clug at gmail.com
Fri Mar 23 22:38:30 MDT 2012


On 24/03/12 15:32, Ben Davies wrote:
> Fixed - manually copying/moving some old kernel dirs did the trick.

That might not have been the best way to do that.
uname to identify, and apt-get remove might have been kinder to dpkg's
database.

> 
> In my flu addled state, I assumed that approach might break something
> else, the safer bet being to consult the CLUG hive-mind instead :-)
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> 
> On 24 March 2012 14:19, Owen <rcook at pcug.org.au> wrote:
>> I think what I would try is to ascertain which one is being used to
>> boot the machine, then remove all the others by hand (plus the
>> associated files)


Kind regards


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