[gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[Guillermo García]

Hello,

I was updating my gentoo install, and now it says that /boot has 0 
bytes, however i don't know why since i never save anything in that folder.

Any idea on what can i do?

Thanks.

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[Dale]

Guillermo García wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was updating my gentoo install, and now it says that /boot has 0
> bytes, however i don't know why since i never save anything in that
> folder.
>
> Any idea on what can i do?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>


I'd start by doing this:

du -shc /boot/* | sort -h

That will show the size of files in /boot and sort them from smallest to
largest. It could be that you have a large number of kernels and maybe
init thingys in there.  If so, some house cleaning may be required. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[Michael]

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On Monday, 27 June 2022 11:03:51 BST Dale wrote:
> Guillermo García wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I was updating my gentoo install, and now it says that /boot has 0
> > bytes, however i don't know why since i never save anything in that
> > folder.
> > 
> > Any idea on what can i do?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> I'd start by doing this:
> 
> du -shc /boot/* | sort -h
> 
> That will show the size of files in /boot and sort them from smallest to
> largest. It could be that you have a large number of kernels and maybe
> init thingys in there.  If so, some house cleaning may be required. 
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-) 

Also check the output of mount, or findmnt, to determine if /boot is the 
mountpoint of a partition and if it is currently mounted or not.

The /boot directory is typically where the boot manager files are installed, as 
well as the kernel & initrd images, kernel config and System.map files.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[tastytea]

On 2022-06-27 05:03-0500 Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

> Guillermo García wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was updating my gentoo install, and now it says that /boot has 0
> > bytes, however i don't know why since i never save anything in that
> > folder.
> >
> > Any idea on what can i do?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >  
> 
> 
> I'd start by doing this:
> 
> du -shc /boot/* | sort -h
> 
> That will show the size of files in /boot and sort them from smallest
> to largest. It could be that you have a large number of kernels and
> maybe init thingys in there.  If so, some house cleaning may be
> required. 

app-admin/eclean-kernel can help with automating the house cleaning. 😉

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[wkuz]

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Dnia 2022-06-27, o godz. 10:35:49
Guillermo García <guillermo18barresiones@gmail.com> napisał(a):

> Hello,
> 
> I was updating my gentoo install, and now it says that /boot has 0 
> bytes, however i don't know why since i never save anything in that
> folder.
> 
> Any idea on what can i do?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 

Hello,

Check if there are old kernels (posibly along with initramfs if you use
them). After a while (especially if your /boot partition is not that
big or you use testing kernels) thay can add up to quite some
megabytes.

Hope that helps

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xWK

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[gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[Guillermo García]

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Hello guys,

Sorry for not replying the first email i sent, however i got covid and i 
cannot reply you, i forgot the original mail i sent here so i make a new 
one.

This is the same as my previous one, boot has no space left, here you 
have a df -h output inside /boot:

Again, thank you all for your help :)

Regards,

Guillermo.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[Dale]

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Guillermo García wrote:
>
> Hello guys,
>
> Sorry for not replying the first email i sent, however i got covid and
> i cannot reply you, i forgot the original mail i sent here so i make a
> new one.
>
> This is the same as my previous one, boot has no space left, here you
> have a df -h output inside /boot:
>
> Again, thank you all for your help :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Guillermo.
>


Now do a ls -al for /boot.  There has to be something in there taking up
all that space.  ;-)

Glad you feeling better.

Dale

:-)  :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[Julien Roy]

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On 6/30/22 12:19, Guillermo García wrote:
> Hello guys,
> 
> Sorry for not replying the first email i sent, however i got covid and i 
> cannot reply you, i forgot the original mail i sent here so i make a new 
> one.

If you don't have the replies in your mailbox, you can find them on the 
mailing list archive: 
https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/message/ba92573a301b482184cdfe790704110c

Regards,
Julien

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Re: [gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[Guillermo]

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On 30/06/2022 18:47, Julien Roy wrote:
> On 6/30/22 12:19, Guillermo García wrote:
>> Hello guys,
>>
>> Sorry for not replying the first email i sent, however i got covid 
>> and i cannot reply you, i forgot the original mail i sent here so i 
>> make a new one.
>
> If you don't have the replies in your mailbox, you can find them on 
> the mailing list archive: 
> https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/message/ba92573a301b482184cdfe790704110c
>
> Regards,
> Julien

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[gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[Guillermo García]

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Hello again guys, how are you? I hope you're fine.

I remember someone told me a program to use to remove old kernels in 
order to get more space on /boot, i tried to search the original message 
that the guy sent me trough this list, but i cannot find it.

Here's a screenshot of my /boot folder:

I guess the kernel version i use is this one:

Could someone tell me a method to remove the old kernels in order to get 
more space in /boot?

Thank you, and regards,

Guillermo.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[Dale]

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Guillermo García wrote:
>
> Hello again guys, how are you? I hope you're fine.
>
> I remember someone told me a program to use to remove old kernels in
> order to get more space on /boot, i tried to search the original
> message that the guy sent me trough this list, but i cannot find it.
>
> Here's a screenshot of my /boot folder:
>
> I guess the kernel version i use is this one:
>
> Could someone tell me a method to remove the old kernels in order to
> get more space in /boot?
>
> Thank you, and regards,
>
> Guillermo.
>


I found it for you.  The package is app-admin/eclean-kernel.  I think
there is a wiki page on the Gentoo website for that.  I recall it being
pretty easy to use. 

Hope that helps.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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Re: [gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[Wol]

On 14/07/2022 23:51, Guillermo García wrote:
> Hello again guys, how are you? I hope you're fine.
> 
> I remember someone told me a program to use to remove old kernels in 
> order to get more space on /boot, i tried to search the original message 
> that the guy sent me trough this list, but i cannot find it.
> 
> Here's a screenshot of my /boot folder:
> 
> I guess the kernel version i use is this one:
> 
> Could someone tell me a method to remove the old kernels in order to get 
> more space in /boot?
> 
What kernels are in your grub.cfg / boot menu. If they're not in there, 
just delete them from /boot.

It's normal to have your latest kernel in the boot menu, and one backup 
kernel.

So, for every kernel NOT in your boot list, cd into /boot and, as root, 
do "rm -i *x.y.z*" where x.y.z is the kernel version you want to get rid 
of. It'll query what files it's going to delete, but so long as it looks 
sensible, say "y" and get rid of it.

It looks like you've got seven kernels there, so five sevenths space 
freed up is quite a lot ...

Cheers,
Wol

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[Wol]

On 15/07/2022 00:01, Dale wrote:
> Guillermo García wrote:
>>
>> Hello again guys, how are you? I hope you're fine.
>>
>> I remember someone told me a program to use to remove old kernels in 
>> order to get more space on /boot, i tried to search the original 
>> message that the guy sent me trough this list, but i cannot find it.
>>
>> Here's a screenshot of my /boot folder:
>>
>> I guess the kernel version i use is this one:
>>
>> Could someone tell me a method to remove the old kernels in order to 
>> get more space in /boot?
>>
>> Thank you, and regards,
>>
>> Guillermo.
>>
> 
> 
> I found it for you.  The package is app-admin/eclean-kernel.  I think 
> there is a wiki page on the Gentoo website for that.  I recall it being 
> pretty easy to use.
> 
Bear in mind, if the OP is running 5.15.10, that's the second oldest 
kernel in the list. If he's got five newer kernels there, is 
eclean-kernel going to assume the live kernel is out-of-date and delete 
it? NOT a good idea.

The OP needs to make sure that both 5.15.41 and 5.15.48 are in his boot 
menu, AND that they both work, before risking clearing out the rest ...

Cheers,
Wol

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[tastytea]

On 2022-07-15 00:21+0100 Wol <antlists@youngman.org.uk> wrote:

> On 15/07/2022 00:01, Dale wrote:
> > Guillermo García wrote:  
> >>
> >> Hello again guys, how are you? I hope you're fine.
> >>
> >> I remember someone told me a program to use to remove old kernels
> >> in order to get more space on /boot, i tried to search the
> >> original message that the guy sent me trough this list, but i
> >> cannot find it.
> >>
> >> Here's a screenshot of my /boot folder:
> >>
> >> I guess the kernel version i use is this one:
> >>
> >> Could someone tell me a method to remove the old kernels in order
> >> to get more space in /boot?
> >>
> >> Thank you, and regards,
> >>
> >> Guillermo.
> >>  
> > 
> > 
> > I found it for you.  The package is app-admin/eclean-kernel.  I
> > think there is a wiki page on the Gentoo website for that.  I
> > recall it being pretty easy to use.
> >   
> Bear in mind, if the OP is running 5.15.10, that's the second oldest 
> kernel in the list. If he's got five newer kernels there, is 
> eclean-kernel going to assume the live kernel is out-of-date and
> delete it? NOT a good idea.
> 
> The OP needs to make sure that both 5.15.41 and 5.15.48 are in his
> boot menu, AND that they both work, before risking clearing out the
> rest ...

The current kernel is never removed by eclean-kernel.

> The kernel choice algorithm is quite simple:
> 
> 1. If the kernel is currently used, don't remove it;
> 2. If the kernel is referenced by a bootloader, don't remove it
>    (unless ``--destructive``);
> 3. If auxiliary files do not map to existing kernel, remove them;
> 4. If ``--all`` is used, remove the kernel;
> 5. If kernel is not within *N* newest kernels (where *N* is the
> argument to ``-n``), remove it.

<https://github.com/mgorny/eclean-kernel/blob/master/README.rst>

Since the grub boot menu includes all kernels in /boot by default as
far as i know, it is probably necessary to run eclean-kernel with
--destructive and re-generate the boot menu afterwards.

Kind regards, tastytea

Re: [gentoo-user] Boot has no space left.

[Dale]

Wol wrote:
> On 15/07/2022 00:01, Dale wrote:
>> Guillermo García wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello again guys, how are you? I hope you're fine.
>>>
>>> I remember someone told me a program to use to remove old kernels in
>>> order to get more space on /boot, i tried to search the original
>>> message that the guy sent me trough this list, but i cannot find it.
>>>
>>> Here's a screenshot of my /boot folder:
>>>
>>> I guess the kernel version i use is this one:
>>>
>>> Could someone tell me a method to remove the old kernels in order to
>>> get more space in /boot?
>>>
>>> Thank you, and regards,
>>>
>>> Guillermo.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I found it for you.  The package is app-admin/eclean-kernel.  I think
>> there is a wiki page on the Gentoo website for that.  I recall it
>> being pretty easy to use.
>>
> Bear in mind, if the OP is running 5.15.10, that's the second oldest
> kernel in the list. If he's got five newer kernels there, is
> eclean-kernel going to assume the live kernel is out-of-date and
> delete it? NOT a good idea.
>
> The OP needs to make sure that both 5.15.41 and 5.15.48 are in his
> boot menu, AND that they both work, before risking clearing out the
> rest ...
>
> Cheers,
> Wol
>
> .
>


I've never used the tool.  I clean mine manually.  That way I know what
is going on.  Right now, I can't get a new kernel to boot cleanly.  I'm
stuck with a older one but it works.  I've tried two different version
but still fails with something.  Maybe next time. 

Dale

:-)  :-)