Re: [Outreachy Applicant] NEEDS SOME CLARIFICATIONS

[Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@linux.intel.com>]

Hi Gilbert,

first of all... good to see that your good e-mail style :-)

> > > > I have another issue, I tried compiling after modifying and it compiled
> > > > successfully. But when I tried to install so I can reboot, I got this
> > > > error:
> > > >
> > > > zstd: error 25 : Write error : No space left on device (cannot write
> > > > compressed block)
> > > > E: mkinitramfs failure zstd -q -1 -T0 25
> > > > update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-6.6.0-rc1gilbert+ with 1.
> > > > run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
> > > > make[2]: *** [arch/x86/Makefile:292: install] Error 1
> > > > make[1]: *** [/home/functionguyy/git/kernels/staging/Makefile:359:
> > > > __build_one_by_one] Error 2
> > > > make: *** [Makefile:234: __sub-make] Error 2
> > >
> > > You have too little space in the partition that contains /boot?
> >
> > What does "df -h" say?
> >
> > Andi
> 
> This is what df -h returned:
> 
> Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> tmpfs           784M  2.0M  782M   1% /run
> /dev/sda9        23G   17G  5.6G  75% /
> tmpfs           3.9G   45M  3.8G   2% /dev/shm
> tmpfs           5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
> /dev/sda7       944M  761M  119M  87% /boot

I wonder why your boot directory is so packed, even though 119M
should be enough.

You could try to reove some older kernels.

> /dev/sda11       60G   28G   30G  49% /home

BTW, are you working in your home directory?

Andi

> /dev/sda2        96M   32M   65M  33% /boot/efi
> tmpfs           784M  120K  784M   1% /run/user/1000