[Swlug] Boot directory

[Colin Law]

On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 09:44, bill via Swlug <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> My laptop, which runs on Linux Mint Mate 19.1, is telling me that my
> Boot directory is very low on space now. I have only 6.5 Mb or so left.
> I am advised in the message that I can move some of the files to another
> directory. That's very easy to say, but which files can I move without
> causing the whole setup to stop functioning, and where should I move
> them to so that the laptop still works? Can anybody help please? I'm a
> happy user of Linux but a newbie regarding the technical side of things
> - please speak to me in words I can understand!!

If you have not been removing old kernels when upgrading then they may
be filling up /boot.
In a terminal run
ls -l /boot
to see what is there, then
sudo apt-get autoremove
which should remove any old ones.

Colin


>
> Many thanks :)
>
> Bill
>
>
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