[Bug 1357093] Re: LVM or Encrypted install creates too small /boot partition

[Hedley Finger]

I have this problem but removing old kernels was only partly successful,
probably because I used rm and not apt-get method. In fact, if you have
a laptop, why use LVM at all? You are scarcely going to wander around
with an external hard disk attached to it for the extension to a logical
volume.

The installer needs to be a lot smarter about people's level of
knowledge re partitions and kernels, and give options for adjusting some
of the parameters, e.g. LVM v. normal partitions, size of /boot, guided
removal of old kernels, perhaps keeping three consecutive updates
(including the current working kernel).

I just went through a torrid attempt to use Gparted (doesn't recognise
LVM lv's) and system-config-lvm (which shows the swap and boot
partitions at one end of the sda5 red cylinder, and the logical view,
which shows them at the OTHER end of the blue cylinder).

I am totally lost in techhead space so am resorting to a new install to
"fix" this problem. I chose Ubuntu over Fedora, SuSE and all the rest
because it seemed the most novice-friendly, but this ordeal has proved
me wrong. 8^)

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Title:
  LVM or Encrypted install creates too small /boot partition

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Currently if one chooses to use LVM or encrypted install, a /boot
  partition is created of 236Mb

  Once kernel updates start being released this partition soon fills
  until people are left unable to upgrade.

  While you and I might know that we need to watch partition space, many
  of the people we have installing think that a windows disk is a disk
  and not a partition, education is probably the key - but in the
  meantime support venues keep needing to deal with the fact the
  partition is too small and/or old kernels are not purged as new ones
  install.

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