Partitions on Ubuntu 14.04.2

Question

How can I expand the Boot partition on Ubuntu 14.04.2 as it keeps telling me I have very little space left on that partition and I don't want to uninstall any files as I don't know what is necessary and what isn't?

Answer 1

You probably have loads of old kernels installed. You can remove some of them as follows:

First check your current kernel (you definitely do not want to remove that one)

uname -r

Then check which are installed with:

sudo dpkg --list 'linux-image*' | grep ^ii

And to remove an old kernel:

sudo apt-get remove linux-image-OLDVERSION

Replace OLDVERSION with the version of the old kernel you want to remove

Afterwards update grub with:

sudo update-grub

(Updating grub is not strictly necessary since it should run automatically after you uninstall an old kernel, but it does no harm)