[SGVLUG] Volume "boot" has only 18.1 MB disk space remaining - Want to find Ubuntu Tech Person

[Carlos Meza]

Hi Jan,

I would attempt to remove old kernels that may be residing on /boot. Like
Dan said, these accumulate over time.
The command '' uname -r '' will return what kernel you are currently using.
Don't remove that one.
But instead of removing old kernel packages manually, I would use '' sudo
apt-get autoremove ''. That will remove all stale packages.

Here is a lubuntu article on the matter (should apply to any variant of
Ubuntu),
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/RemoveOldKernels.
It even discusses how to automate the process for future updates.

Hope this helps.

Carlos Meza
@digitalr00ts

On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Dan Buthusiem <dan.buthusiem at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I would be more than happy to help you at our next LUG meeting if you
> haven't gotten help by then.
>
> /boot is usually just used for booting. The warning probably isn't
> anything to be worried about, as the usage may have only increased due to
> updates. It's generally kept at a small partition size, because the boot
> loader doesn't need much space.
> On May 14, 2016 4:16 PM, "Jan Foote via SGVLUG" <sgvlug at sgvlug.net> wrote:
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>> Hi All,
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>> First thing:
>> When I boot up my PC with Ubuntu 12.04 on it shows:
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>> The Volume boot has only 18.1 MB disk space remaining.  You can free up
>> disk space by removing unused programs or files or by moving files to
>> another disk or partition.
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>> The disk usage analyzer shows the boot usage is at 100% and 64.7 GB are
>> available.
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>> I have no idea what to do about this and it may be above my skill level.
>> I am a beginner Geek and use both Windows and Ubuntu.  I have used Ubuntu
>> for years and love it for it's speed and security from virus's etc. I have
>> it as a stand alone operating system on this PC but I always try to
>> partition drives with Windows and Ubuntu both.  I have always had someone
>> set that up for me and do installs.  This problem PC is Ubuntu only and is
>> my everyday trusty, reliable, regular computer for e-mail, etc.
>>
>> What needs to be done about this in hopefully simple instructions?
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>> Second thing:
>> I'm looking for a Linux tech guy, that I can hire, to do installs for
>> both Windows and Linux, and handle issues like this one, etc. The guy I use
>> now can only do an Ubuntu install as he is a "Windows guy".  I've used the
>> UCLA Linux Installfest for help before and the next one is a ways off.
>>
>> I would appreciate any help or suggestions.
>>
>> I live in Eagle Rock.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jan Foote
>> churrochick at yahoo.com
>> (323) 259-0608 Calls Only,
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