Update problem

[Tony Baechler - BATS]

On 5/11/2015 2:15 PM, Randy Williamson wrote:
> My boot partition is full, I've tried,
> Sudo apt-get autoremove
> Sudo apt-get autoclean
> To make more room.


As another poster said, I would try removing old kernels.  By default,
autoremove won't touch any kernels.  Look in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d for
something with "autoremove" in the name.  Temporarily move it somewhere.  Be
careful as you don't want to remove your current kernel or your system will
become unbootable.

Also, you could make your backup from a rescue CD.  Just boot into a live or
rescue CD/DVD and copy your files to your external drive.  If you have the
space, you could use dd, otherwise tar and xz should work fine.  Any recent
Ubuntu live CD should have what you need.  I'm not sure, but it might even
come with a backup utility already installed.  Just select the "Try Ubuntu"
boot option.