[xubuntu-users] Intel SSD Full? 240 GB gone for Xubuntu /boot

[Roger Broseus]

Curt,

You are probably a victim of updates leaving cruft behind - old kernels, etc. Of you can still boot the old system, install Ubuntu tweak and clean house. There are other approaches to cleaning but they are not on personal ram, on the road.

On November 10, 2015 2:07:05 PM EST, Curt Dawe <curtdawe at hotmail.com> wrote:
>Well guys,
>
> 
>
>I'm an admitted dabbler in Linux only.  I get a terribly frustrating
>error
>when I try to update my xubuntu setup.  When I click the software
>updater it
>tells me I've no space left on /boot to update the system. 
>
> 
>
>I've done the old "apt-get autoremove" thing and even ran Bleachbit as
>root
>to try to recover some space, but to no avail. I can't for the life of
>me,
>even with a live CD of Xubuntu, seem to get the darned Gparted
>application
>to resize those 3 main system partitions on my 240GB Intel SSD.
>
> 
>
>I can't see why boot is limited to such a tiny space (sorta leaves
>limited
>to no room for updates) as it seems to be. I used the automatic setup
>process on install for the most part, except for having to mess with
>the
>fstab file to get some of my shares on separate drives to boot and
>mount
>automatically (which baffles me why that's needed too . but I digress
>LOL)
>It appears like the boot is tiny, and some other "lvm" partition or
>something is taking up the honking big space that's showing up as ..
>unallocated?  I know I've got a number of Apps installed, but I refuse
>to
>believe 240 GB is plain gone?
>
> 
>
>What do I do to resize this . or is this a wipe and start over (again)
>type
>deal?
>
> 
>
>Thanks for any help
>
> 
>
>Curt Dawe
>
>Newfoundland, Canada
>
>
>
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