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how can I make a partition/boot bigger ?

Asked by tanja hild

when I installed the last ubuntu , it made a partition for /boot whitch is too little . it can't be updated because :"there are 3.2Mio left" and I don't know how make this partition bigger or ( it where best ) make disapear this partition.
thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of :

lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep linux-image

Thanks

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tanja hild (tanxala) said : 		#2

the output is :
tanja@tanja-HP-Pavilion-dv7-Notebook-PC:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep linux-image
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
Linux tanja-HP-Pavilion-dv7-Notebook-PC 3.13.0-40-generic #69-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 13 17:53:56 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ii linux-image-3.13.0-34-generic 3.13.0-34.60 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-35-generic 3.13.0-35.62 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-36-generic 3.13.0-36.63 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic 3.13.0-37.64 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-38-generic 3.13.0-38.65 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-39-generic 3.13.0-39.66 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
iF linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic 3.13.0-40.69 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-34-generic 3.13.0-34.60 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-35-generic 3.13.0-35.62 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-36-generic 3.13.0-36.63 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-37-generic 3.13.0-37.64 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-38-generic 3.13.0-38.65 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-39-generic 3.13.0-39.66 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
iU linux-image-extra-3.13.0-40-generic 3.13.0-40.69 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
iU linux-image-generic 3.13.0.40.47 amd64 Generic Linux kernel image

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-image-3.13.0-34-generic

sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-image-3.13.0-35-generic

sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-image-3.13.0-36-generic

sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic

sudo apt-get --purge autoremove

Will clean down /boot

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tanja hild (tanxala) said : 		#4

it seems to have worked , I had updated without problem . thanks

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tanja hild (tanxala) said : 		#5

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.