Installing updates

[Marius Gedminas]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 02:43:19AM +1100, Peter Goggin wrote:
> I am trying to update 14.04 with the Software Updater. It complains
> there is not enough room in /boot
> 
> There are a number of copies of initrd.img-3.13.0-xx-generic  where
> xx can be 24,34,35,36.
> 
> Can I remove the older versions of this file?

Yes: use 'sudo apt-get remove linux-image-3.13.0-xx-generic --auto-remove'
to do that.

Keep the one with the highest number and also the one you're currently
running (if different), just in case the latest version fails to boot on
your machine for some reason.  To see which kernel you're running, run
'uname -r'

> Is there any utility which will enable me to remove all unwanted
> files from /boot

'sudo apt-get autoremove' should do that.  It may keep more versions
(three or four), just in case; I don't remember what the logic is.

Marius Gedminas
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