I Love Ubuntu after Fedora it is my preferred OS who live in my personal Laptop. Today I was trying to install Oracle Virtualbox in my Laptop during building initrd image I start getting boot partition full error on screen.
Also in apt-get installation screen I got below error message due to no space left in /boot partition:
So for remediating this problem I followed below steps:
- First of all check the current kernel version.
uname -r- Check the installed kernels through this command:
dpkg --list 'linux-image*' | grep ^ii- Delete the old and unused kernel which you don’t want to use it:
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-<version>Where <version> will be the version of unused old kernel.
- After old kernel deletion update the grub by running below command. This below command will regenerate updated Grub2 configuration file.
sudo update-grub 
Charanjit is currently working as a Cloud Architect at Mphasis, with 17 years of experience in IT infrastructure projects, implementation, and support. While his main role is as a DevOps engineer, he holds a Cloud Architect position and has strong skills in cloud technologies and automation. His expertise includes Terraform, Ansible, AWS, Azure DevOps, Azure Cloud, VMware, and Linux systems.
Charanjit is passionate about automating tasks and improving processes. He uses tools like Terraform and Azure DevOps to build and manage cloud infrastructure and streamline deployment. He also enjoys using Shell scripts and Ansible playbooks to make systems run more efficiently.
In his free time, Charanjit enjoys learning about new technologies and sharing his knowledge through his blog. When he’s not working, he likes listening to music, having a cup of coffee, and relaxing in nature.
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Charanjit is passionate about automating tasks and improving processes. He uses tools like Terraform and Azure DevOps to build and manage cloud infrastructure and streamline deployment. He also enjoys using Shell scripts and Ansible playbooks to make systems run more efficiently.
In his free time, Charanjit enjoys learning about new technologies and sharing his knowledge through his blog. When he’s not working, he likes listening to music, having a cup of coffee, and relaxing in nature.
You can connect with Charanjit on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or email him at charanjit.cheema@cjcheema.com.
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Hi…your articles are real help..!
Can you please suggest how to locate a device in linux?