"/boot is full"

seanthor · 2017-08-12 20:28:23

Hi all,

I've had arch before, but I've got a new system that's a few months old after a break, so I've forgotten a lot and thought this is a newbie question.

So I got a warning when logging into arch that /boot is nearly full. But when I look into it with the Disk Usage Analyzer (baobub, methinks) I don't see where the real problem is. I can see that fonts are taking up some space, and the microsoft directory is pretty full, but they don't seem to add up to the total volume size. So I'm confused as to how to spot the issue(s) AND how to properly resolve them: ie i don't want to just remove the files when i need to unistall with pacman or yaourt, etc. In other words, I don't know what's needed and what's fluff to be removed.

I haven't had success finding the correct wiki for this specific issue or any threads exactly like this. if they are out there, i would appreciate if someone could point them out for me. i have found some that are related, but none close enough to be helpful to me.

I'm not sure what information is needed, so please tell me what commands are needed to help. I have a first generation Razer Blade Stealth that dualboots with windows 10.

Thanks!

$ ls -Rs /boot
/boot:
total 36080
    3  Boot     23232  initramfs-linux-fallback.img
  391  bootmgr   6250  initramfs-linux.img
    1  BOOTNXT   1273  intel-ucode.img
    1  EFI          1 'System Volume Information'
    1  grub      4927  vmlinuz-linux

/boot/Boot:
total 1020
 20 BCD             1 el-GR    1 hr-HR          1 pl-PL         1 sr-Latn-RS
 20 BCD.LOG         1 en-GB    1 hu-HU          1 pt-BR         1 sv-SE
  0 BCD.LOG1        1 en-US    1 it-IT          1 pt-PT         1 tr-TR
  0 BCD.LOG2        1 es-ES    1 ja-JP          1 qps-ploc      1 uk-UA
  1 bg-BG           1 es-MX    1 ko-KR          1 Resources     1 zh-CN
 64 BOOTSTAT.DAT    1 et-EE    1 lt-LT          1 ro-RO         1 zh-HK
 96 bootvhd.dll     1 fi-FI    1 lv-LV          1 ru-RU         1 zh-TW
  1 cs-CZ           2 Fonts  779 memtest.exe    1 sk-SK
  1 da-DK           1 fr-CA    1 nb-NO          1 sl-SI
  1 de-DE           1 fr-FR    1 nl-NL          1 sr-Latn-CS

/boot/Boot/bg-BG:
total 76
76 bootmgr.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/cs-CZ:
total 120
75 bootmgr.exe.mui  45 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/da-DK:
total 119
74 bootmgr.exe.mui  45 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/de-DE:
total 123
78 bootmgr.exe.mui  45 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/el-GR:
total 125
79 bootmgr.exe.mui  46 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/en-GB:
total 73
73 bootmgr.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/en-US:
total 117
73 bootmgr.exe.mui  44 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/es-ES:
total 121
76 bootmgr.exe.mui  45 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/es-MX:
total 76
76 bootmgr.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/et-EE:
total 74
74 bootmgr.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/fi-FI:
total 120
75 bootmgr.exe.mui  45 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/Fonts:
total 13056
3608 chs_boot.ttf       132 meiryo_boot.ttf     36 segmono_boot.ttf
3786 cht_boot.ttf       130 meiryon_boot.ttf    76 segoen_slboot.ttf
1938 jpn_boot.ttf       152 msjh_boot.ttf       76 segoe_slboot.ttf
2316 kor_boot.ttf       150 msjhn_boot.ttf      47 wgl4_boot.ttf
 165 malgun_boot.ttf    143 msyh_boot.ttf
 162 malgunn_boot.ttf   139 msyhn_boot.ttf

/boot/Boot/fr-CA:
total 78
78 bootmgr.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/fr-FR:
total 123
78 bootmgr.exe.mui  45 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/hr-HR:
total 75
75 bootmgr.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/hu-HU:
total 122
77 bootmgr.exe.mui  45 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/it-IT:
total 121
76 bootmgr.exe.mui  45 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/ja-JP:
total 108
66 bootmgr.exe.mui  42 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/ko-KR:
total 108
66 bootmgr.exe.mui  42 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/lt-LT:
total 74
74 bootmgr.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/lv-LV:
total 74
74 bootmgr.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/nb-NO:
total 119
74 bootmgr.exe.mui  45 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/nl-NL:
total 122
77 bootmgr.exe.mui  45 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/pl-PL:
total 121
76 bootmgr.exe.mui  45 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/pt-BR:
total 120
75 bootmgr.exe.mui  45 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/pt-PT:
total 120
75 bootmgr.exe.mui  45 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/qps-ploc:
total 117
73 bootmgr.exe.mui  44 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/Resources:
total 33
19 bootres.dll   1 en-US   1 fr-FR   1 nb-NO   1 zh-CN
 1 da-DK         1 es-ES   1 ja-JP   1 pt-BR   1 zh-HK
 1 de-DE         1 fi-FI   1 ko-KR   1 sv-SE   1 zh-TW

/boot/Boot/Resources/da-DK:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/Boot/Resources/de-DE:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/Boot/Resources/en-US:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/Boot/Resources/es-ES:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/Boot/Resources/fi-FI:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/Boot/Resources/fr-FR:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/Boot/Resources/ja-JP:
total 12
12 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/Boot/Resources/ko-KR:
total 12
12 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/Boot/Resources/nb-NO:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/Boot/Resources/pt-BR:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/Boot/Resources/sv-SE:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/Boot/Resources/zh-CN:
total 12
12 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/Boot/Resources/zh-HK:
total 12
12 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/Boot/Resources/zh-TW:
total 12
12 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/Boot/ro-RO:
total 75
75 bootmgr.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/ru-RU:
total 120
76 bootmgr.exe.mui  44 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/sk-SK:
total 76
76 bootmgr.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/sl-SI:
total 75
75 bootmgr.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/sr-Latn-CS:
total 120
76 bootmgr.exe.mui  44 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/sr-Latn-RS:
total 76
76 bootmgr.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/sv-SE:
total 119
75 bootmgr.exe.mui  44 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/tr-TR:
total 119
74 bootmgr.exe.mui  45 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/uk-UA:
total 76
76 bootmgr.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/zh-CN:
total 105
63 bootmgr.exe.mui  42 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/zh-HK:
total 105
63 bootmgr.exe.mui  42 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/Boot/zh-TW:
total 105
63 bootmgr.exe.mui  42 memtest.exe.mui

/boot/EFI:
total 3
1 Boot  1 grub  1 Microsoft

/boot/EFI/Boot:
total 1166
1166 bootx64.efi

/boot/EFI/grub:
total 120
120 grubx64.efi

/boot/EFI/Microsoft:
total 6
5 Boot  1 Recovery

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot:
total 4610
  72 BCD              1 es-MX             29 kd_02_19a2.dll     1 ro-RO
  96 BCD.LOG          1 et-EE            223 kd_02_8086.dll     1 ru-RU
   0 BCD.LOG1         1 fi-FI             18 kd_07_1415.dll     1 sk-SK
   0 BCD.LOG2         2 Fonts             37 kd_0C_8086.dll     1 sl-SI
   1 bg-BG            1 fr-CA             22 kdstub.dll         1 sr-Latn-CS
1166 bootmgfw.efi     1 fr-FR              1 ko-KR              1 sr-Latn-RS
1152 bootmgr.efi      1 hr-HR              1 lt-LT              1 sv-SE
  64 BOOTSTAT.DAT     1 hu-HU              1 lv-LV              1 th-TH
   5 boot.stl         1 it-IT           1021 memtest.efi        1 tr-TR
   1 cs-CZ            1 ja-JP              1 nb-NO              1 uk-UA
   1 da-DK           29 kd_02_10df.dll     1 nl-NL              1 zh-CN
   1 de-DE          319 kd_02_10ec.dll     1 pl-PL              1 zh-HK
   1 el-GR           25 kd_02_1137.dll     1 pt-BR              1 zh-TW
   1 en-GB          208 kd_02_14e4.dll     1 pt-PT
   1 en-US           42 kd_02_15b3.dll     1 qps-ploc
   1 es-ES           39 kd_02_1969.dll     2 Resources

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bg-BG:
total 152
76 bootmgfw.efi.mui  76 bootmgr.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/cs-CZ:
total 195
75 bootmgfw.efi.mui  75 bootmgr.efi.mui  45 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/da-DK:
total 193
74 bootmgfw.efi.mui  74 bootmgr.efi.mui  45 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/de-DE:
total 201
78 bootmgfw.efi.mui  78 bootmgr.efi.mui  45 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/el-GR:
total 204
79 bootmgfw.efi.mui  79 bootmgr.efi.mui  46 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/en-GB:
total 146
73 bootmgfw.efi.mui  73 bootmgr.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/en-US:
total 190
73 bootmgfw.efi.mui  73 bootmgr.efi.mui  44 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/es-ES:
total 197
76 bootmgfw.efi.mui  76 bootmgr.efi.mui  45 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/es-MX:
total 152
76 bootmgfw.efi.mui  76 bootmgr.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/et-EE:
total 148
74 bootmgfw.efi.mui  74 bootmgr.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/fi-FI:
total 195
75 bootmgfw.efi.mui  75 bootmgr.efi.mui  45 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Fonts:
total 13158
3610 chs_boot.ttf       140 meiryo_boot.ttf     44 segmono_boot.ttf
3788 cht_boot.ttf       139 meiryon_boot.ttf    84 segoen_slboot.ttf
1940 jpn_boot.ttf       160 msjh_boot.ttf       85 segoe_slboot.ttf
2318 kor_boot.ttf       158 msjhn_boot.ttf      48 wgl4_boot.ttf
 173 malgun_boot.ttf    152 msyh_boot.ttf
 171 malgunn_boot.ttf   148 msyhn_boot.ttf

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/fr-CA:
total 156
78 bootmgfw.efi.mui  78 bootmgr.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/fr-FR:
total 201
78 bootmgfw.efi.mui  78 bootmgr.efi.mui  45 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/hr-HR:
total 150
75 bootmgfw.efi.mui  75 bootmgr.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/hu-HU:
total 199
77 bootmgfw.efi.mui  77 bootmgr.efi.mui  45 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/it-IT:
total 197
76 bootmgfw.efi.mui  76 bootmgr.efi.mui  45 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/ja-JP:
total 174
66 bootmgfw.efi.mui  66 bootmgr.efi.mui  42 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/ko-KR:
total 174
66 bootmgfw.efi.mui  66 bootmgr.efi.mui  42 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/lt-LT:
total 148
74 bootmgfw.efi.mui  74 bootmgr.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/lv-LV:
total 148
74 bootmgfw.efi.mui  74 bootmgr.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/nb-NO:
total 193
74 bootmgfw.efi.mui  74 bootmgr.efi.mui  45 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/nl-NL:
total 199
77 bootmgfw.efi.mui  77 bootmgr.efi.mui  45 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/pl-PL:
total 197
76 bootmgfw.efi.mui  76 bootmgr.efi.mui  45 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/pt-BR:
total 195
75 bootmgfw.efi.mui  75 bootmgr.efi.mui  45 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/pt-PT:
total 195
75 bootmgfw.efi.mui  75 bootmgr.efi.mui  45 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/qps-ploc:
total 53
53 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources:
total 41
27 bootres.dll   1 en-US   1 fr-FR   1 nb-NO   1 zh-CN
 1 da-DK         1 es-ES   1 ja-JP   1 pt-BR   1 zh-HK
 1 de-DE         1 fi-FI   1 ko-KR   1 sv-SE   1 zh-TW

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources/da-DK:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources/de-DE:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources/en-US:
total 12
12 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources/es-ES:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources/fi-FI:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources/fr-FR:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources/ja-JP:
total 12
12 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources/ko-KR:
total 12
12 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources/nb-NO:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources/pt-BR:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources/sv-SE:
total 13
13 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources/zh-CN:
total 12
12 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources/zh-HK:
total 12
12 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources/zh-TW:
total 12
12 bootres.dll.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/ro-RO:
total 150
75 bootmgfw.efi.mui  75 bootmgr.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/ru-RU:
total 196
76 bootmgfw.efi.mui  76 bootmgr.efi.mui  44 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/sk-SK:
total 152
76 bootmgfw.efi.mui  76 bootmgr.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/sl-SI:
total 150
75 bootmgfw.efi.mui  75 bootmgr.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/sr-Latn-CS:
total 45
45 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/sr-Latn-RS:
total 152
76 bootmgfw.efi.mui  76 bootmgr.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/sv-SE:
total 194
75 bootmgfw.efi.mui  75 bootmgr.efi.mui  44 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/th-TH:
total 137
64 bootmgfw.efi.mui  73 bootmgr.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/tr-TR:
total 193
74 bootmgfw.efi.mui  74 bootmgr.efi.mui  45 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/uk-UA:
total 152
76 bootmgfw.efi.mui  76 bootmgr.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/zh-CN:
total 168
63 bootmgfw.efi.mui  63 bootmgr.efi.mui  42 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/zh-HK:
total 168
63 bootmgfw.efi.mui  63 bootmgr.efi.mui  42 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/zh-TW:
total 168
63 bootmgfw.efi.mui  63 bootmgr.efi.mui  42 memtest.efi.mui

/boot/EFI/Microsoft/Recovery:
total 84
36 BCD  48 BCD.LOG   0 BCD.LOG1   0 BCD.LOG2

/boot/grub:
total 55
 1 fonts      5 grub.cfg.example  20 i386-pc   1 themes
 5 grub.cfg   1 grubenv            3 locale   19 x86_64-efi

/boot/grub/fonts:
total 2343
2343 unicode.pf2

/boot/grub/i386-pc:
total 1975
  8 915resolution.mod           3 mda_text.mod
 11 acpi.mod                    2 mdraid09_be.mod
  2 adler32.mod                 2 mdraid09.mod
  6 affs.mod                    2 mdraid1x.mod
  6 afs.mod                     2 memdisk.mod
 16 ahci.mod                    3 memrw.mod
  1 all_video.mod               4 minicmd.mod
  2 aout.mod                    4 minix2_be.mod
  3 archelp.mod                 4 minix2.mod
  6 ata.mod                     4 minix3_be.mod
  5 at_keyboard.mod             4 minix3.mod
  2 backtrace.mod               4 minix_be.mod
  7 bfs.mod                     4 minix.mod
  5 biosdisk.mod                9 mmap.mod
  3 bitmap.mod                  6 moddep.lst
  4 bitmap_scale.mod            3 modinfo.sh
  3 blocklist.mod               3 morse.mod
  1 boot.img                   28 mpi.mod
  3 boot.mod                    3 msdospart.mod
  2 boottime.mod                3 mul_test.mod
 30 bsd.mod                    16 multiboot2.mod
  3 bswap_test.mod             14 multiboot.mod
 15 btrfs.mod                   5 nativedisk.mod
  3 bufio.mod                  47 net.mod
  2 cacheinfo.mod               3 newc.mod
  3 cat.mod                     7 nilfs2.mod
  4 cbfs.mod                  114 normal.mod
  4 cbls.mod                    5 ntfscomp.mod
  3 cbmemc.mod                 10 ntfs.mod
  1 cbtable.mod                 3 ntldr.mod
  3 cbtime.mod                  3 odc.mod
  4 chain.mod                   2 offsetio.mod
  3 cmdline_cat_test.mod       11 ohci.mod
  2 cmosdump.mod                2 part_acorn.mod
  2 cmostest.mod                2 part_amiga.mod
  2 cmp.mod                     3 part_apple.mod
  5 cmp_test.mod                3 part_bsd.mod
  4 command.lst                 2 part_dfly.mod
  3 configfile.mod              2 part_dvh.mod
 26 core.img                    3 part_gpt.mod
  3 cpio_be.mod                 1 partmap.lst
  3 cpio.mod                    3 part_msdos.mod
  2 cpuid.mod                   2 part_plan.mod
  2 crc64.mod                   2 part_sun.mod
 10 cryptodisk.mod              2 part_sunpc.mod
  1 crypto.lst                  1 parttool.lst
  5 crypto.mod                  5 parttool.mod
  4 cs5536.mod                  2 password.mod
  2 ctz_test.mod                3 password_pbkdf2.mod
  2 datehook.mod                5 pata.mod
  3 date.mod                    2 pbkdf2.mod
  2 datetime.mod                3 pbkdf2_test.mod
 11 diskfilter.mod              3 pcidump.mod
  3 disk.mod                    2 pci.mod
  2 div.mod                     7 plan9.mod
  6 div_test.mod                3 play.mod
  2 dm_nv.mod                   8 png.mod
  6 drivemap.mod                2 priority_queue.mod
  2 echo.mod                    3 probe.mod
  7 efiemu32.o                  3 procfs.mod
  9 efiemu64.o                  3 progress.mod
 24 efiemu.mod                  3 pxechain.mod
 17 ehci.mod                    4 pxe.mod
  5 elf.mod                     2 raid5rec.mod
  2 eval.mod                    3 raid6rec.mod
  6 exfat.mod                   3 random.mod
  2 exfctest.mod                2 read.mod
  6 ext2.mod                    2 reboot.mod
  5 extcmd.mod                 50 regexp.mod
  6 fat.mod                     9 reiserfs.mod
 17 file.mod                   15 relocator.mod
 13 font.mod                    5 romfs.mod
  3 freedos.mod                 5 scsi.mod
  3 fshelp.mod                  4 search_fs_file.mod
  1 fs.lst                      4 search_fs_uuid.mod
 34 functional_test.mod         4 search_label.mod
  2 gcry_arcfour.mod            4 search.mod
  9 gcry_blowfish.mod           7 sendkey.mod
 34 gcry_camellia.mod           8 serial.mod
 17 gcry_cast5.mod              1 setjmp.mod
  3 gcry_crc.mod                2 setjmp_test.mod
 19 gcry_des.mod                6 setpci.mod
  3 gcry_dsa.mod                6 sfs.mod
  3 gcry_idea.mod               3 shift_test.mod
  4 gcry_md4.mod                7 signature_test.mod
  4 gcry_md5.mod                3 sleep.mod
  3 gcry_rfc2268.mod            3 sleep_test.mod
 19 gcry_rijndael.mod           3 spkmodem.mod
  9 gcry_rmd160.mod             7 squash4.mod
  3 gcry_rsa.mod               18 syslinuxcfg.mod
 16 gcry_seed.mod               4 tar.mod
 17 gcry_serpent.mod            1 terminal.lst
  8 gcry_sha1.mod               5 terminal.mod
  5 gcry_sha256.mod            12 terminfo.mod
 10 gcry_sha512.mod             2 test_blockarg.mod
 13 gcry_tiger.mod              3 testload.mod
 37 gcry_twofish.mod            6 test.mod
 25 gcry_whirlpool.mod          3 testspeed.mod
 25 gdb.mod                     6 tftp.mod
  6 geli.mod                    5 tga.mod
  5 gettext.mod                 2 time.mod
 39 gfxmenu.mod                 2 trig.mod
  3 gfxterm_background.mod      3 tr.mod
  5 gfxterm_menu.mod            4 truecrypt.mod
 10 gfxterm.mod                 2 true.mod
  4 gptsync.mod                 8 udf.mod
  9 gzio.mod                    6 ufs1_be.mod
  5 halt.mod                    6 ufs1.mod
  6 hashsum.mod                 6 ufs2.mod
  8 hdparm.mod                  7 uhci.mod
  2 hello.mod                   4 usb_keyboard.mod
  3 help.mod                   12 usb.mod
  4 hexdump.mod                 8 usbms.mod
  7 hfs.mod                     2 usbserial_common.mod
  3 hfspluscomp.mod             3 usbserial_ftdi.mod
  8 hfsplus.mod                 3 usbserial_pl2303.mod
  6 http.mod                    2 usbserial_usbdebug.mod
  3 iorw.mod                    4 usbtest.mod
  9 iso9660.mod                10 vbe.mod
  6 jfs.mod                    12 verify.mod
  7 jpeg.mod                    5 vga.mod
  5 keylayouts.mod              3 vga_text.mod
  2 keystatus.mod               6 video_bochs.mod
  7 ldm.mod                     6 video_cirrus.mod
 30 legacycfg.mod               6 video_colors.mod
 15 legacy_password_test.mod   21 video_fb.mod
  8 linux16.mod                 4 videoinfo.mod
 13 linux.mod                   1 video.lst
  6 loadenv.mod                 6 video.mod
  3 loopback.mod                3 videotest_checksum.mod
  5 lsacpi.mod                  5 videotest.mod
  3 lsapm.mod                   8 xfs.mod
  2 lsmmap.mod                 27 xnu.mod
  4 ls.mod                      3 xnu_uuid.mod
  5 lspci.mod                   2 xnu_uuid_test.mod
  7 luks.mod                   16 xzio.mod
  7 lvm.mod                     6 zfscrypt.mod
  6 lzopio.mod                  7 zfsinfo.mod
  4 macbless.mod               40 zfs.mod
  8 macho.mod

/boot/grub/locale:
total 3712
 18 ast.mo        174 en@hebrew.mo    107 gl.mo  122 nl.mo     121 sv.mo
128 ca.mo         134 en@piglatin.mo  129 hu.mo   64 pa.mo      70 tr.mo
120 da.mo         118 en@quot.mo       28 id.mo  125 pl.mo     167 uk.mo
122 de_CH.mo       44 eo.mo           123 it.mo   87 pt_BR.mo  137 vi.mo
183 de@hebrew.mo  129 es.mo            23 ja.mo  161 ru.mo      30 zh_CN.mo
122 de.mo         126 fi.mo           101 lt.mo   97 sl.mo      31 zh_TW.mo
160 en@arabic.mo  132 fr.mo           120 nb.mo  159 sr.mo

/boot/grub/themes:
total 3
3 starfield

/boot/grub/themes/starfield:
total 2786
   1 blob_w.png             150 dejavu_10.pf2          1 terminal_box_e.png
   1 boot_menu_c.png        165 dejavu_12.pf2          1 terminal_box_ne.png
   1 boot_menu_e.png        182 dejavu_14.pf2          1 terminal_box_n.png
   1 boot_menu_ne.png       200 dejavu_16.pf2          1 terminal_box_nw.png
   1 boot_menu_n.png        189 dejavu_bold_14.pf2     1 terminal_box_se.png
   1 boot_menu_nw.png         2 README                 1 terminal_box_s.png
   1 boot_menu_se.png         1 slider_c.png           1 terminal_box_sw.png
   1 boot_menu_s.png          1 slider_n.png           1 terminal_box_w.png
   1 boot_menu_sw.png         1 slider_s.png           3 theme.txt
   1 boot_menu_w.png       1853 starfield.png
  20 COPYING.CC-BY-SA-3.0     1 terminal_box_c.png

/boot/grub/x86_64-efi:
total 2794
 15 acpi.mod                    4 lssal.mod
  2 adler32.mod                10 luks.mod
  8 affs.mod                   10 lvm.mod
  8 afs.mod                     8 lzopio.mod
 23 ahci.mod                    5 macbless.mod
  1 all_video.mod              11 macho.mod
  2 aout.mod                    3 mdraid09_be.mod
  6 appleldr.mod                3 mdraid09.mod
  5 archelp.mod                 3 mdraid1x.mod
  9 ata.mod                     4 memdisk.mod
  7 at_keyboard.mod             5 memrw.mod
  3 backtrace.mod               6 minicmd.mod
 10 bfs.mod                     6 minix2_be.mod
  4 bitmap.mod                  6 minix2.mod
  6 bitmap_scale.mod            6 minix3_be.mod
  4 blocklist.mod               6 minix3.mod
  4 boot.mod                    6 minix_be.mod
  2 boottime.mod                6 minix.mod
 47 bsd.mod                    10 mmap.mod
  4 bswap_test.mod              5 moddep.lst
 20 btrfs.mod                   3 modinfo.sh
  3 bufio.mod                   4 morse.mod
  3 cacheinfo.mod              43 mpi.mod
  5 cat.mod                     4 msdospart.mod
  6 cbfs.mod                    3 mul_test.mod
  7 cbls.mod                   24 multiboot2.mod
  4 cbmemc.mod                 20 multiboot.mod
  2 cbtable.mod                 7 nativedisk.mod
  5 cbtime.mod                 74 net.mod
  9 chain.mod                   5 newc.mod
  5 cmdline_cat_test.mod       10 nilfs2.mod
  3 cmp.mod                   170 normal.mod
  7 cmp_test.mod                6 ntfscomp.mod
  4 command.lst                15 ntfs.mod
  4 configfile.mod              5 odc.mod
120 core.efi                    3 offsetio.mod
  5 cpio_be.mod                16 ohci.mod
  5 cpio.mod                    3 part_acorn.mod
  3 cpuid.mod                   3 part_amiga.mod
  3 crc64.mod                   3 part_apple.mod
 16 cryptodisk.mod              5 part_bsd.mod
  1 crypto.lst                  3 part_dfly.mod
  7 crypto.mod                  3 part_dvh.mod
  4 cs5536.mod                  4 part_gpt.mod
  3 ctz_test.mod                1 partmap.lst
  3 datehook.mod                3 part_msdos.mod
  4 date.mod                    3 part_plan.mod
  2 datetime.mod                3 part_sun.mod
 15 diskfilter.mod              3 part_sunpc.mod
  4 disk.mod                    1 parttool.lst
  2 div.mod                     8 parttool.mod
  9 div_test.mod                3 password.mod
  3 dm_nv.mod                   5 password_pbkdf2.mod
  3 echo.mod                    8 pata.mod
  3 efifwsetup.mod              2 pbkdf2.mod
 13 efi_gop.mod                 4 pbkdf2_test.mod
  7 efinet.mod                  4 pcidump.mod
  8 efi_uga.mod                 4 play.mod
 26 ehci.mod                   10 png.mod
  7 elf.mod                     3 priority_queue.mod
  3 eval.mod                    5 probe.mod
  8 exfat.mod                   4 procfs.mod
  3 exfctest.mod                4 progress.mod
  9 ext2.mod                    2 raid5rec.mod
  7 extcmd.mod                  4 raid6rec.mod
  8 fat.mod                     4 random.mod
 25 file.mod                    3 read.mod
  3 fixvideo.mod                2 reboot.mod
 17 font.mod                   75 regexp.mod
  5 fshelp.mod                 14 reiserfs.mod
  1 fs.lst                     26 relocator.mod
 46 functional_test.mod         6 romfs.mod
  3 gcry_arcfour.mod            7 scsi.mod
 10 gcry_blowfish.mod           5 search_fs_file.mod
 28 gcry_camellia.mod           5 search_fs_uuid.mod
 15 gcry_cast5.mod              5 search_label.mod
  4 gcry_crc.mod                6 search.mod
 17 gcry_des.mod               15 serial.mod
  4 gcry_dsa.mod                2 setjmp.mod
  4 gcry_idea.mod               3 setjmp_test.mod
  5 gcry_md4.mod                9 setpci.mod
  5 gcry_md5.mod                8 sfs.mod
  4 gcry_rfc2268.mod            4 shift_test.mod
 21 gcry_rijndael.mod           9 signature_test.mod
  8 gcry_rmd160.mod             4 sleep.mod
  4 gcry_rsa.mod                4 sleep_test.mod
 16 gcry_seed.mod               4 spkmodem.mod
 17 gcry_serpent.mod           10 squash4.mod
  8 gcry_sha1.mod              30 syslinuxcfg.mod
  6 gcry_sha256.mod             5 tar.mod
  7 gcry_sha512.mod             1 terminal.lst
 14 gcry_tiger.mod              7 terminal.mod
 33 gcry_twofish.mod           19 terminfo.mod
 23 gcry_whirlpool.mod          2 test_blockarg.mod
 10 geli.mod                    4 testload.mod
  9 gettext.mod                 8 test.mod
 58 gfxmenu.mod                 4 testspeed.mod
  5 gfxterm_background.mod      9 tftp.mod
  8 gfxterm_menu.mod            7 tga.mod
 18 gfxterm.mod                 3 time.mod
  6 gptsync.mod                 3 trig.mod
120 grub.efi                    4 tr.mod
 12 gzio.mod                    2 true.mod
  7 halt.mod                   11 udf.mod
  9 hashsum.mod                 8 ufs1_be.mod
 12 hdparm.mod                  8 ufs1.mod
  2 hello.mod                   8 ufs2.mod
  4 help.mod                   10 uhci.mod
  5 hexdump.mod                 6 usb_keyboard.mod
 10 hfs.mod                    18 usb.mod
  5 hfspluscomp.mod            12 usbms.mod
 11 hfsplus.mod                 3 usbserial_common.mod
  9 http.mod                    4 usbserial_ftdi.mod
  5 iorw.mod                    4 usbserial_pl2303.mod
 12 iso9660.mod                 3 usbserial_usbdebug.mod
  9 jfs.mod                     6 usbtest.mod
  9 jpeg.mod                   20 verify.mod
  7 keylayouts.mod              9 video_bochs.mod
  3 keystatus.mod              10 video_cirrus.mod
  8 ldm.mod                    10 video_colors.mod
 44 legacycfg.mod              30 video_fb.mod
 16 legacy_password_test.mod    6 videoinfo.mod
 13 linux16.mod                 1 video.lst
 20 linux.mod                   9 video.mod
  5 loadbios.mod                4 videotest_checksum.mod
 10 loadenv.mod                 6 videotest.mod
  5 loopback.mod               11 xfs.mod
  7 lsacpi.mod                 41 xnu.mod
  4 lsefimmap.mod               4 xnu_uuid.mod
  6 lsefi.mod                   4 xnu_uuid_test.mod
  5 lsefisystab.mod            20 xzio.mod
  3 lsmmap.mod                  9 zfscrypt.mod
  7 ls.mod                     11 zfsinfo.mod
  8 lspci.mod                  57 zfs.mod

'/boot/System Volume Information':
total 1
1 IndexerVolumeGuid

Disk /dev/nvme0n1p2: 100 MiB, 104857600 bytes, 204800 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x500a0dff

Device           Boot      Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/nvme0n1p2p1      1948285285 3650263507 1701978223 811.6G 6e unknown
/dev/nvme0n1p2p2               0          0          0     0B 74 unknown
/dev/nvme0n1p2p4        28049408   28049848        441 220.5K  0 Empty

Partition table entries are not in disk order.

dockland · 2017-08-12 21:52:05

Output of du -sh please

seanthor · 2017-10-24 21:30:34

sorry for such a long delay...is it considered necrobumping to reply now?

$ du -sh
1.5G	.

circleface · 2017-10-24 23:01:27

How did all those files get there in the first place? You seem to be trying to boot in EFI mode, but your disk doesn't seem to have a UEFI partition to boot it. Does the system boot as is?

Edit: I see you already provided the info I asked for. Still, how is that disk 100 Mb and why are all the partitions unknown or invalid?

Last edited by circleface (2017-10-24 23:49:00)

seanthor · 2017-10-31 21:41:17

Sorry again for the delay...(my life went to hell a couple months back and I'm still climbing out of the hole(end of personal info))...thank you all for your patience.

Not sure where to go from here. Anyone got an idea?

Thanks in advance!

You seem to be trying to boot in EFI mode, but your disk doesn't seem to have a UEFI partition to boot it.

Pretty sure I have a UEFI system. Is there a particular way I can provide more info to clarify?

Does the system boot as is?

Yes. There is some error text, but nothing noticable during actual use & it does not slow down the boot process.

Still, how is that disk 100 Mb and why are all the partitions unknown or invalid?

I was trying to follow the Arch Installation Wiki for how to install with just a single / (root) partition--instead of a seperate /Home as I've done traditionally on previous installations of Arch/Linux distros. I believe that's where it said to only have a small /boot partition, as everything is going to be installed in the giant / (root) partition.

I thought I was (reasonably) successful, but perhaps I fracked it up? Or it later got corrupted? I'm not sure how to sniff this out...

How did all those files get there in the first place?

tbh, I can't accurately remember. The fonts I added cuz I do a lot with foreign languages, though I tried to install them all through pacman/yaourt to be as safe as possible. Perhaps I did it wrong?

Trilby · 2017-10-31 21:49:20

seanthor wrote:

The fonts I added cuz I do a lot with foreign languages

That's really not relevant here. The only reason fonts and language packs could be needed in the boot partition is if they are used in some internationalized boot menu (even then I'm skeptical whether fonts would have any use).

seanthor wrote:

I tried to install them all through pacman/yaourt to be as safe as possible. Perhaps I did it wrong?

You tried, but it seems you didn't succeed. Pacman will not put any such files under /boot ... ever. Yaourt deffinitely shouldn't either unless you used yaourt to build/install some horrific AUR package - this is unlikely but possible as weird crap can get added to the AUR.

If not packages own those files and you don't need them, remove them. I have no idea about the ones under the Window's directory - you may want to check on a MS forum for those.

seanthor · 2017-10-31 22:09:12

I used the Arch Wiki first pacman option & AUR links from further down that same page, so I'm not sure why it went toe up.

Also, I did try removing them all before, but it seems that didn't do the trick. Maybe I missed some, but could there be something else causing problems that needs fixing??

You tried, but it seems you didn't succeed. Pacman will not put any such files under /boot ... ever. Yaourt deffinitely shouldn't either unless you used yaourt to build/install some horrific AUR package - this is unlikely but possible as weird crap can get added to the AUR.
If not packages own those files and you don't need them, remove them.

Should I use pacman/yaourt again to remove, or manually look through all the folders? If something went wrong, I want to make sure I get all the files, but should I fear deleting too much?

Also, have a recommendation(s) for how to safely reinstall?

...you may want to check on a MS forum for those.

OK, I might try that. So trying under a dual-boot category on these forums wouldn't be helpful, eh?

cfr · 2017-11-01 04:24:52

Do you have another disk? I know very, very little about Windows, but I don't see how you can be booting Windows 10 with that disk, at least in UEFI mode. I thought that Windows would only boot in UEFI mode with a GPT partition table and you seem to be using MBR. In any case, it has no EFI partition, so I don't see how you can boot any OS in UEFI mode from this.

For removing files: first see if they are owned by a package. If so, remove with pacman. If not, do it manually and carefully.

General advice would be don't use yaourt at all. Certainly don't use it when things are going pear-shaped.

There is something very wrong with that disk configuration. Did you partition the disk as part of the installation? How? What's meant to be there exactly?

pacman.log can tell you what you installed, when and how.

Last edited by cfr (2017-11-01 04:29:10)

Trilby · 2017-11-01 11:25:50

Oops - I assumed the contents listed in the first post were the boot partition. That's just the boot directory of a single partition. Forget most of what I said - although all those fonts in there are still odd. The problem here is not a full boot partition, but just a full system partition. Clean your cache (paccache) and see if there are any installed packages you can do without (remove them with `pacman -Rsn`). Check for junk in your user's home directory that can be removed.

Also I don't know how/why we all let this slip by the first time:

seanthor wrote:

So I got a warning when logging into arch that /boot is nearly full.

This is not an error message. Please post the actual error. Notably this is quite impossible, you do not have a boot partition, so it most definitely cannot be full.

Last edited by Trilby (2017-11-01 11:28:07)

Arch Linux

#1 2017-08-12 20:28:23

"/boot is full"

#2 2017-08-12 21:52:05

Re: "/boot is full"

#3 2017-10-24 21:30:34

Re: "/boot is full"

#4 2017-10-24 23:01:27

Re: "/boot is full"

#5 2017-10-31 21:41:17

Re: "/boot is full"

#6 2017-10-31 21:49:20

Re: "/boot is full"

#7 2017-10-31 22:09:12

Re: "/boot is full"

#8 2017-11-01 04:24:52

Re: "/boot is full"

#9 2017-11-01 11:25:50

Re: "/boot is full"

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