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PotatoLover12

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Registered: 2024-02-15

Posts: 4

[SOLVED]no space left on /boot, unable to update

Hello,
recently I encountered this error while updating:

==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux.img'
zstd: error 70 : Write error : cannot write block : No space left on device 
==> ERROR: Image generation FAILED: 'zstd reported an error'
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
==> WARNING: No image or UKI specified. Skipping image 'fallback'
error: command failed to execute correctly

I tried looking up the wiki but found nothing, on the internet there only are simillar issues in ubuntu forums which didn't really help.
Should I somehow increase my boot partition or is there a way to clean it up? I have a 180 MB one and I use grub if that helps.
Thanks in advance.

Last edited by PotatoLover12 (2025-06-25 12:18:47)

cmm11

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Registered: 2018-02-18

Posts: 53

Re: [SOLVED]no space left on /boot, unable to update

Not sure how you'd resolve your issue, but for future reference, it is suggested to have 1GB for /boot partition :
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Instal … le_layouts
I wouldn't use anything less than 500MB

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 76,031

Re: [SOLVED]no space left on /boot, unable to update

Probably https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 5#p2149285 but 180MB is not much to begin with.

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