What I do for a new machine?

[Amedee Van Gasse]

On Sun, December 4, 2011 13:05, Rigved Rakshit wrote:
>>
>> >> /boot = 5 GB
>> >>
>> >
>> > /boot = 100 MB  <-- this is more than twice of what is actually
>> required.
>>
>> If you keep only one or two kernels, yes.
>> But if you're not very tidy and don't remove every old kernel then 100
>> MB
>> won't be enough after a couple of months. Just keep this in mind.
>>
>
> Yes, I only keep the latest two kernels. There is no point in keeping more
> if the last two work properly, for home machines. Each kernel image takes
> around 30 MB + space for the linux-headers. For older kernels which are
> never used, this is space wasted. Removing old kernels is easy from the
> Ubuntu Software Center.

Removing old kernels still means that you have to open the Ubuntu Software
Center and click on some buttons. The old kernel versions don't get
uninstalled automagically, unlike any other package.