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#1 2022-05-14 13:18:41

Elgateau
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[SOLVED] Unable to do update with pacman

Hello everyone

I'm a newbie with Arch Linux

When i tried to update with

sudo pacman -Syu

I getting the following error

error: Partition /boot too full: 5322 blocks needed, 85 blocks free
error: not enough free disk space
error: failed to commit transaction (not enough free disk space)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

I'm on a dual boot Windows 10 Arch linux on two separate drive
the /boot is located in my Windows drive

Thanks a lot for your response

Last edited by Elgateau (2022-05-14 14:18:34)

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#2 2022-05-14 13:21:46

Scimmia
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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to do update with pacman

The error is pretty clear. What's the question?

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#3 2022-05-14 13:32:11

Elgateau
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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to do update with pacman

Hello Scimmia

Thanks you for your response

I don't know how to allocate more space for the partition of /boot 

I've tried using gparted but even as root i cannot do it

How can i allocate more place for the partition of /boot ?

It's strange because when i do :

sudo pacman -S

on any package, it work

Thanks

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#4 2022-05-14 14:16:07

Elgateau
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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to do update with pacman

Hi

I found the solution, the problem seems to come from package intel-ucode, i removed it, and now it's working

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#5 2022-05-14 14:23:56

seth
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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to do update with pacman

That's not a very good solution.

du -hs /boot/*

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#6 2022-05-14 14:35:51

Elgateau
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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to do update with pacman

Hello seth

The problem is i don't have space to install or update it (in the /boot partition)

Do i need to allocate more space to the partition ? And if yes How ?

Last edited by Elgateau (2022-05-14 14:36:54)

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#7 2022-05-14 14:39:31

seth
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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to do update with pacman

1st by checking whether there's some space wasted for really useless stuff.
2nd by probably booting from a different partition - growing teh boot partition, which is likely at the head of the drive, is gonna be a complete PITA (w/ inherent risk of data loss) because you'd have to move at least the adjacent partition.
Next to the du, post

lsblk -f

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#8 2022-05-14 17:39:24

Elgateau
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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to do update with pacman

Thank you seth for your help now it's working

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#9 2022-05-14 19:41:33

V1del
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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to do update with pacman

None of what seth suggested would inherently fix anything but just be diagnostics, what did you end up doing?

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