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--- boot:free_up_space_in_boot [2016/11/20 18:27] – created peter
+++ boot:free_up_space_in_boot [2019/11/25 22:43] (current) – removed peter
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-====== Boot - Free up space in /boot ======
-/boot partition is nearly full; or a warning is received every time the system is rebooted.
-Confirm this is the case:
-<code bash>
-df
-ls /boot/
-</code>
-===== Purge unused kernels =====
-<code bash>
-sudo apt-get purge linux-image-x.x.x-x
-</code>
-**NOTE**:  Removing the linux-image-x.x.x-x package will also remove linux-image-x.x.x-x-generic.
-===== Delete source headers  =====
-The headers are installed into **/usr/src** and are used when building out-tree kernel modules.
-<code bash>
-ls /usr/src
-</code>
-Returns
-<code>
-linux-headers-4.4.0-21          linux-headers-4.4.0-34-generic  linux-headers-4.4.0-42          linux-headers-4.4.0-45-generic
-linux-headers-4.4.0-21-generic  linux-headers-4.4.0-36          linux-headers-4.4.0-42-generic  linux-headers-4.4.0-47
-linux-headers-4.4.0-31          linux-headers-4.4.0-36-generic  linux-headers-4.4.0-43          linux-headers-4.4.0-47-generic
-linux-headers-4.4.0-31-generic  linux-headers-4.4.0-38          linux-headers-4.4.0-43-generic
-linux-headers-4.4.0-34          linux-headers-4.4.0-38-generic  linux-headers-4.4.0-45
-</code>
-Delete unused source headers
-<code bash>
-rm -Rf /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-21*
-</code>
-<WRAP alert>
-**ALERT**:  Take special care that you have entered the rm command correctly to prevent deleting unintended files.
-</WRAP>