Ubuntu /boot/ filling up, old kernels issue help

[bledd]

Hi,


I have a Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS install (which has been upgraded from around 12.04. /boot/ keeps filling up and shows old kernels

dpkg -l | grep linux-image

Shows..

How do I go about fixing this? I assume I need to take out the grub entries, then remove the files.

Cheers

 

[bledd]

Was going around in circles.

Ended up just doing this.

I found that it is far easier to abandon the small partition and move /boot to the root. This also prevents any out of space issues in the future.

First move your data from the boot partition to root (run as sudo -s):

cp -a /boot /boot2
umount /boot
rmdir /boot
mv /boot2 /boot

Remove (or comment) the /boot entry in /etc/fstab:

vim /etc/fstab

Update grub and make sure everything is correct:

update-grub

apt should now be able to upgrade without problems.

This leaves an unused 200mb partition (which you could use for something else if you find it worth the trouble).