[Bug 1067106] Re: possible to run out of space on /boot partition when installed using auto recipe & full-disk-encryption

[Mark Russell]

** Description changed:

  When choosing full disk encryption in the quantal version of Ubiquity,
  the resulting /boot partition seems small.
  
  In my test installation /boot came to 228MB.
  
  Assuming that each kernel+initrd comes to about 30MB, that doesn't leave
  much space for old kernels/initrds as kernel upgrades pile-up.
  
  Many users do not know how to clear old kernels. A full /boot will mean
- they will get "stuck" using an old kernel, potentially missing out on
- security updates or hardware enablements.
+ that no further apt transactions can occur until older kernels are
+ removed and the newer kernel installation is completed.  Users will then
+ be missing out on security updates, hardware enablements, and installing
+ new packages.

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Title:
  possible to run out of space on /boot partition when installed using
  auto recipe & full-disk-encryption

Status in “partman-auto-crypto” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “partman-auto-crypto” source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in “partman-auto-crypto” source package in Saucy:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When choosing full disk encryption in the quantal version of Ubiquity,
  the resulting /boot partition seems small.

  In my test installation /boot came to 228MB.

  Assuming that each kernel+initrd comes to about 30MB, that doesn't
  leave much space for old kernels/initrds as kernel upgrades pile-up.

  Many users do not know how to clear old kernels. A full /boot will
  mean that no further apt transactions can occur until older kernels
  are removed and the newer kernel installation is completed.  Users
  will then be missing out on security updates, hardware enablements,
  and installing new packages.

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