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It seems that you don't have enough space.

1: Maybe you can use System > Administration > Partition Editor. With this you could resize your partitions.
2: To remove temporary packages of former installations run: sudo apt-get clean
3: I don't know the Deleted Items folder.

Hope it helps.
Peter

Thank you Peter for your rapid response.

I do not seem to have a Partition Editor. Ubuntu is the only operating
system on the computer.

When I use sudo apt-get clean, I am asked for the password, which, when
entered, the cursor goes to the next line. I have no indication if
anything has happened.

The Deleted Items folder is empty.

I did try removing some items in synaptic but to no avail.

Which Ubuntu version do you have?
Peter

Ok, 8.10. And you don't have a Partition Manager? This is very strange. Have you checked
System > Administration > Partition Editor?

Hope you will get a wise answer.
Peter

Yes, I did as you instructed. There is nothing called Partition Manager
on System- Administration menu.

The laptop, purchased from Dell came with Ubuntu 8.04 installed. It is
the only operating system on the laptop. Some time after purchase, I
installed Ubuntu 8.10 downloaded from the website.

Since sending the previous email, I kept trying to install from the
icon, always getting the same result.
I went and started up the Update Manager from the menu, and the whole
procedure went through without a hitch. Why I do not know. It seems that
the icon start for the update was in some kind of loop.

This is strange. Ask a question regarding a Partition Manager in 8.10. It must exist.
Peter

john,

The disk space problem is only related to the /boot partition, and because the update tries to write to /boot, it must be an updated kernel package. It is possible that there a several kernel images, and you do no need them all.

Please post a list of what's in /boot with this command:

ls -l /boot

thank you.

Guillermo

Thanks for the guidance. This is the list from the command you gave:

> john@dell:~$ ls -l /boot
> total 100297
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 424317 2008-02-12 10:39 abi-2.6.22-14-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 507990 2008-11-21 13:46 abi-2.6.27-10-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 508385 2009-01-29 21:11 abi-2.6.27-11-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 508317 2009-02-05 10:54 abi-2.6.27-12-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 508371 2009-02-26 08:54 abi-2.6.27-13-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 508371 2009-03-13 19:28 abi-2.6.27-14-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 507665 2008-11-04 21:00 abi-2.6.27-7-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 507735 2008-11-06 19:20 abi-2.6.27-8-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 75311 2008-02-12 10:39 config-2.6.22-14-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 91358 2008-11-21 13:46 config-2.6.27-10-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 91358 2009-01-29 21:11 config-2.6.27-11-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 91358 2009-02-05 10:54 config-2.6.27-12-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 96573 2009-02-26 08:54 config-2.6.27-13-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 96573 2009-03-13 19:28 config-2.6.27-14-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 91364 2008-11-04 21:00 config-2.6.27-7-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 91364 2008-11-06 19:20 config-2.6.27-8-generic
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2009-03-18 08:57 grub
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7356832 2008-10-30 12:09
> initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7322836 2008-04-28 19:19
> initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic.bak
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8165039 2008-11-29 05:54
> initrd.img-2.6.27-10-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8165459 2009-01-30 07:03
> initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8169747 2009-02-20 05:26
> initrd.img-2.6.27-12-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8168872 2009-03-03 05:21
> initrd.img-2.6.27-13-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8169158 2009-03-18 08:58
> initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8142694 2008-11-05 05:16
> initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8164125 2008-11-17 12:37
> initrd.img-2.6.27-8-generic
> drwx------ 2 root root 12288 2007-11-22 16:49 lost+found
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 124152 2008-09-11 21:11 memtest86+.bin
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 823535 2008-02-12 10:39
> System.map-2.6.22-14-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1029828 2008-11-21 13:46
> System.map-2.6.27-10-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1031799 2009-01-29 21:11
> System.map-2.6.27-11-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1032334 2009-02-05 10:54
> System.map-2.6.27-12-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1032976 2009-02-26 08:54
> System.map-2.6.27-13-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1032976 2009-03-13 19:28
> System.map-2.6.27-14-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1029585 2008-11-04 21:00
> System.map-2.6.27-7-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1029612 2008-11-06 19:20
> System.map-2.6.27-8-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1074 2008-11-21 13:48
> vmcoreinfo-2.6.27-10-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1074 2009-01-29 21:12
> vmcoreinfo-2.6.27-11-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1074 2009-02-05 10:55
> vmcoreinfo-2.6.27-12-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1074 2009-02-26 08:55
> vmcoreinfo-2.6.27-13-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1074 2009-03-13 19:29
> vmcoreinfo-2.6.27-14-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1073 2008-11-04 21:02
> vmcoreinfo-2.6.27-7-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1073 2008-11-06 19:22
> vmcoreinfo-2.6.27-8-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1764536 2008-02-12 10:39 vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2247280 2008-11-21 13:46 vmlinuz-2.6.27-10-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2248912 2009-01-29 21:11 vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2251152 2009-02-05 10:54 vmlinuz-2.6.27-12-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2251376 2009-02-26 08:54 vmlinuz-2.6.27-13-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2251184 2009-03-13 19:28 vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2244464 2008-11-04 21:00 vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2244304 2008-11-06 19:20 vmlinuz-2.6.27-8-generic
I await further instructions.

Well, you have 8 kernel images! I suspect you did an upgrade over the old 8.04 installation instead of a clean install.

to get rid of those old kernel images do this:

sudo apt-get remove linux-image-2.6.22-14-generic linux-image-2.6.27-10-generic linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic linux-image-2.6.27-12-generic linux-image-2.6.27-13-generic linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic linux-image-2.6.27-8-generic

So we leave the most reccent, which is 2.6.27-14-generic.

With this you will free up a lot of space.

You can also do this to remove additional space:

sudo apt-get --purge autoremove

This removes unneeded packages.

Muchas gracias Guillermo.

Have followed your instructions and all is well.

Thank you.