[Bug 595779] [NEW] I think problem is I used the same partitions I originally made for an old Red Hat installation, which worked just fine for Ubuntu 9.10. /boot is ~107MB, and appears to be too small. I was able to boot my new 10.04 install, but when I ran Update Manager, it reported ~19MB too little space in /boot, and suggested I empty Trash and run "sudo apt-get clean", which I did to no avail. The very next partition on the disk is 32GB, which I have mounted at /usr (ext4). Is there a way I can enlarge the /boot partition into the beginning of the /usr partition without having to re-install?

[Dave Senger]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: initramfs-tools

Bug #515025 is close, but not exactly right.  See info in summary.  Can
I enlarge /boot into adjacent /usr without having to re-install?  On
installation, I got:

Error while removing packages:  E:  Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned
an error code (1)

No packages were listed as broken.  Error advised to "Look for details
in /var/log/syslog."  Install may fail.  Look for newer versions of
installer image or report problem.

On 1st attempted boot, I got a long list of similar errors, ending with:

[3027.152175] end-request:  IO error, dev sr2, sector 510608.

I removed 10.04 install CD and booted normally, so GRUB must be OK in
MBR.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: initramfs-tools 0.92bubuntu78
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
AptOrdering:
 flashplugin-installer: Install
 initramfs-tools: Configure
 flashplugin-installer: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jun 17 23:59:44 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
Title: package initramfs-tools 0.92bubuntu78 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-package i386 lucid

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I think problem is I used the same partitions I originally made for an old Red Hat installation, which worked just fine for Ubuntu 9.10.  /boot is ~107MB, and appears to be too small.  I was able to boot my new 10.04 install, but when I ran Update Manager, it reported ~19MB too little space in /boot, and suggested I empty Trash and run "sudo apt-get clean", which I did to no avail.  The very next partition on the disk is 32GB, which I have mounted at /usr (ext4).  Is there a way I can  enlarge the /boot partition into the beginning of the /usr partition without having to re-install?
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