Hello,
I have seen many threads about the EFI space problem, and I have been able to fix it in the past. However, I currently have it again on one of my hosts and can't seem to get it cleaned up. None of the other threads have helped this time.
I mounted my EFI partitions and cleaned out some space by removing the ancient 5.3 and 5.4 from EFI/proxmox. I then deleted one of the versions from the base directory to make some more space. then I get
/dev/sda2 523248 323512 199736 62% /mnt/efi
/dev/sdf2 523248 318140 205108 61% /mnt/efi2
So now I have some space (I have tried deleting more and gotten to 45% full and it does the same thing as below).
I then try to purge an old kernel (by the way it tells me the kernel is not installed - WTF?):
root@pve2:~# apt purge proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-1-pve
Package 'proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-1-pve' is not installed, so not removed
REMOVING:
proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-6-pve-signed proxmox-kernel-6.17.2-1-pve-signed
Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 2, Not Upgrading: 0
9 not fully installed or removed.
Freed space: 1,980 MB
Continue? [Y/n]
(Reading database ... 118429 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-6-pve-signed (6.17.13-6) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 6.17.13-6-pve /boot/vmlinuz-6.17.13-6-pve
update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-6.17.13-6-pve
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/proxmox-auto-removal 6.17.13-6-pve /boot/vmlinuz-6.17.13-6-pve
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-proxmox-boot 6.17.13-6-pve /boot/vmlinuz-6.17.13-6-pve
Re-executing '/etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-proxmox-boot' in new private mount namespace..
No /etc/kernel/cmdline found - falling back to /proc/cmdline
Copying and configuring kernels on /dev/disk/by-uuid/09F3-32DF
Copying kernel 6.17.13-1-pve
Copying kernel 6.17.13-8-pve
Copying kernel 7.0.0-3-pve
Copying kernel 7.0.2-3-pve
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-7.0.2-3-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-7.0.2-3-pve
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-7.0.0-3-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-7.0.0-3-pve
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.17.13-8-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.17.13-8-pve
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.17.13-1-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.17.13-1-pve
Warning: os-prober will not be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Systems on them will not be added to the GRUB boot configuration.
Check GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER documentation entry.
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
done
Copying and configuring kernels on /dev/disk/by-uuid/09F3-A22E
Copying kernel 6.17.13-1-pve
Copying kernel 6.17.13-8-pve
Copying kernel 7.0.0-3-pve
Copying kernel 7.0.2-3-pve
cp: error writing '/var/tmp/espmounts/09F3-A22E/initrd.img-7.0.2-3-pve': No space left on device
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-proxmox-boot exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-6-pve-signed.postrm line 15.
dpkg: error processing package proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-6-pve-signed (--remove):
installed proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-6-pve-signed package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-6-pve-signed
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
And the apt process fills my EFI partitions back up with the same damn kernels I just deleted before trying the purge.
root@pve2:~# ls -al /mnt/efi
total 415533
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Dec 31 1969 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 5 May 16 04:17 ..
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Nov 6 2019 EFI
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 May 16 04:51 grub
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 88949017 Mar 7 22:14 initrd.img-6.17.13-1-pve
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89334426 May 16 03:35 initrd.img-6.17.13-8-pve
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 91480874 May 16 03:34 initrd.img-7.0.0-3-pve
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 91456376 May 16 03:36 initrd.img-7.0.2-3-pve
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 6 2019 loader
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15842088 Feb 10 08:06 vmlinuz-6.17.13-1-pve
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15956776 May 14 17:48 vmlinuz-6.17.13-8-pve
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16227432 Apr 21 17:56 vmlinuz-7.0.0-3-pve
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16223336 May 14 11:28 vmlinuz-7.0.2-3-pve
For some reason this particular host has an extra kernel in the list:
root@pve2:~# proxmox-boot-tool kernel list
Manually selected kernels:
None.
Automatically selected kernels:
6.17.13-1-pve
6.17.13-8-pve
7.0.0-3-pve
7.0.2-3-pve
I can't seem to get rid of that 6.17.13-1-pve and it re-fills the EFI partitions every time I try.
Can I get rid of any of these kernels that are automatically selected without apt filling my EFI partitions?
Please Help!
I have seen many threads about the EFI space problem, and I have been able to fix it in the past. However, I currently have it again on one of my hosts and can't seem to get it cleaned up. None of the other threads have helped this time.
I mounted my EFI partitions and cleaned out some space by removing the ancient 5.3 and 5.4 from EFI/proxmox. I then deleted one of the versions from the base directory to make some more space. then I get
/dev/sda2 523248 323512 199736 62% /mnt/efi
/dev/sdf2 523248 318140 205108 61% /mnt/efi2
So now I have some space (I have tried deleting more and gotten to 45% full and it does the same thing as below).
I then try to purge an old kernel (by the way it tells me the kernel is not installed - WTF?):
root@pve2:~# apt purge proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-1-pve
Package 'proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-1-pve' is not installed, so not removed
REMOVING:
proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-6-pve-signed proxmox-kernel-6.17.2-1-pve-signed
Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 2, Not Upgrading: 0
9 not fully installed or removed.
Freed space: 1,980 MB
Continue? [Y/n]
(Reading database ... 118429 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-6-pve-signed (6.17.13-6) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 6.17.13-6-pve /boot/vmlinuz-6.17.13-6-pve
update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-6.17.13-6-pve
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/proxmox-auto-removal 6.17.13-6-pve /boot/vmlinuz-6.17.13-6-pve
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-proxmox-boot 6.17.13-6-pve /boot/vmlinuz-6.17.13-6-pve
Re-executing '/etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-proxmox-boot' in new private mount namespace..
No /etc/kernel/cmdline found - falling back to /proc/cmdline
Copying and configuring kernels on /dev/disk/by-uuid/09F3-32DF
Copying kernel 6.17.13-1-pve
Copying kernel 6.17.13-8-pve
Copying kernel 7.0.0-3-pve
Copying kernel 7.0.2-3-pve
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-7.0.2-3-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-7.0.2-3-pve
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-7.0.0-3-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-7.0.0-3-pve
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.17.13-8-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.17.13-8-pve
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.17.13-1-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.17.13-1-pve
Warning: os-prober will not be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Systems on them will not be added to the GRUB boot configuration.
Check GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER documentation entry.
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
done
Copying and configuring kernels on /dev/disk/by-uuid/09F3-A22E
Copying kernel 6.17.13-1-pve
Copying kernel 6.17.13-8-pve
Copying kernel 7.0.0-3-pve
Copying kernel 7.0.2-3-pve
cp: error writing '/var/tmp/espmounts/09F3-A22E/initrd.img-7.0.2-3-pve': No space left on device
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-proxmox-boot exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-6-pve-signed.postrm line 15.
dpkg: error processing package proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-6-pve-signed (--remove):
installed proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-6-pve-signed package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
proxmox-kernel-6.17.13-6-pve-signed
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
And the apt process fills my EFI partitions back up with the same damn kernels I just deleted before trying the purge.
root@pve2:~# ls -al /mnt/efi
total 415533
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Dec 31 1969 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 5 May 16 04:17 ..
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Nov 6 2019 EFI
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 May 16 04:51 grub
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 88949017 Mar 7 22:14 initrd.img-6.17.13-1-pve
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89334426 May 16 03:35 initrd.img-6.17.13-8-pve
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 91480874 May 16 03:34 initrd.img-7.0.0-3-pve
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 91456376 May 16 03:36 initrd.img-7.0.2-3-pve
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 6 2019 loader
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15842088 Feb 10 08:06 vmlinuz-6.17.13-1-pve
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15956776 May 14 17:48 vmlinuz-6.17.13-8-pve
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16227432 Apr 21 17:56 vmlinuz-7.0.0-3-pve
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16223336 May 14 11:28 vmlinuz-7.0.2-3-pve
For some reason this particular host has an extra kernel in the list:
root@pve2:~# proxmox-boot-tool kernel list
Manually selected kernels:
None.
Automatically selected kernels:
6.17.13-1-pve
6.17.13-8-pve
7.0.0-3-pve
7.0.2-3-pve
I can't seem to get rid of that 6.17.13-1-pve and it re-fills the EFI partitions every time I try.
Can I get rid of any of these kernels that are automatically selected without apt filling my EFI partitions?
Please Help!
this is at least the 3rd time I've had this problem and it's never been the same solution.