Disk space requirements of mkinitramfs
Installation attempts failed using Kubuntu 12.10-desktop-i386 , Ubuntu-
Jan 13 14:53:17 kubuntu ubiquity: Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
Jan 13 14:53:17 kubuntu ubiquity: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
Jan 13 14:53:29 kubuntu ubiquity:
Jan 13 14:53:29 kubuntu ubiquity: gzip:
Jan 13 14:53:29 kubuntu ubiquity: stdout: No space left on device
Jan 13 14:53:29 kubuntu ubiquity: E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
Jan 13 14:53:29 kubuntu ubiquity: update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.
Jan 13 14:53:29 kubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--purge):
Jan 13 14:53:29 kubuntu ubiquity: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Did the installation from CD, DVD and USB media - all failed at the above step.
The target root (/) partition is 16 GB, but, /boot was 102 MB (7 MB free). Does mkinitramfs need lots of disk space in the target /boot partition? Or something else is amiss?
Thanks in advance.
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