Ubuntu上删除boot分区中的无用kernel image
一直使用VPS，今天心血来潮，想升级一下VPS上的ubuntu和kernel版本，但在升级过程中，遇到一个情况：VPS的boot分区太小，剩余空间不足，造成kernel upgrade时失败了。
The upgrade has aborted. The upgrade needs a total of 207 M free
space on disk '/boot'. Please free at least an additional 69.2 M of
disk space on '/boot'. You can remove old kernels using 'sudo apt
autoremove' and you could also set COMPRESS=xz in
/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf to reduce the size of your
initramfs.
按照上面提示，尝试把压缩选项从lz4改成了xz，但空间依旧不够。仔细检查了下boot分区内的文件，发现以前老旧的kernel image占用了很大空间，遂尝试了下面的命令进行了删除，删除之后就可以正常升级kernel了。
- 查看当前kernel版本，当前版本为5.15
root@valuable-idea-1:~# uname -a
Linux valuable-idea-1.localdomain 5.15.0-138-generic #148-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 14 19:05:48 UTC 2025 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux- 删除无用kernel版本5.4
root@valuable-idea-1:~# apt remove linux-image-5.
linux-image-5.15.0-138-generic linux-image-5.4.0-214-generic
root@valuable-idea-1:~# apt remove linux-image-5.4.0-214-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
accountsservice alsa-topology-conf alsa-ucm-conf at bsdmainutils crda cryptsetup-run
dconf-gsettings-backend dconf-service gcc-10-base glib-networking glib-networking-common
glib-networking-services gsettings-desktop-schemas language-selector-common libaccountsservice0
libasn1-8-heimdal libasound2 libasound2-data libboost-program-options1.71.0 libcanberra0 libcbor0.6
libdconf1 libdns-export1109 libevent-2.1-7 libffi7 libfl2 libfuse2 libgssapi3-heimdal libhavege1
libhcrypto4-heimdal libheimbase1-heimdal libheimntlm0-heimdal libhogweed5 libhx509-5-heimdal libicu66
libjson-c4 libkrb5-26-heimdal libldap-2.4-2 libltdl7 libmpdec2 libnettle7 libntfs-3g883 libogg0
libperl5.30 libproxy1v5 libpython3.8 libpython3.8-minimal libpython3.8-stdlib libreadline5
libroken18-heimdal libsoup2.4-1 libsoup2.4-common libtdb1 liburcu6 libvorbis0a libvorbisfile3 libwebp6
libwind0-heimdal ltrace lz4 ncal perl-modules-5.30 popularity-contest python3-entrypoints python3-future
python3-mock python3-pbr python3-requests-unixsocket python3-simplejson python3.8 python3.8-minimal
session-migration sound-theme-freedesktop
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
linux-image-5.4.0-214-generic linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-214-generic
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 215 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 116717 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-214-generic (5.4.0-214.234) ...
Removing linux-image-5.4.0-214-generic (5.4.0-214.234) ...
I: /boot/vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to vmlinuz-5.15.0-138-generic
I: /boot/initrd.img.old is now a symlink to initrd.img-5.15.0-138-generic
/etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-214-generic
/etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub:
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/init-select.cfg'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-138-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-138-generic
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.
done- 按照提示，把相关无用的packages也一并删除
root@valuable-idea-1:~# apt autoremove --purge
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
accountsservice* alsa-topology-conf* alsa-ucm-conf* at* bsdmainutils* crda* cryptsetup-run*
dconf-gsettings-backend* dconf-service* gcc-10-base* glib-networking* glib-networking-common*
glib-networking-services* gsettings-desktop-schemas* language-selector-common* libaccountsservice0*
libasn1-8-heimdal* libasound2* libasound2-data* libboost-program-options1.71.0* libcanberra0* libcbor0.6*
libdconf1* libdns-export1109* libevent-2.1-7* libffi7* libfl2* libfuse2* libgssapi3-heimdal* libhavege1*
libhcrypto4-heimdal* libheimbase1-heimdal* libheimntlm0-heimdal* libhogweed5* libhx509-5-heimdal*
libicu66* libjson-c4* libkrb5-26-heimdal* libldap-2.4-2* libltdl7* libmpdec2* libnettle7* libntfs-3g883*
libogg0* libperl5.30* libproxy1v5* libpython3.8* libpython3.8-minimal* libpython3.8-stdlib* libreadline5*
libroken18-heimdal* libsoup2.4-1* libsoup2.4-common* libssl1.1* libtdb1* liburcu6* libvorbis0a*
libvorbisfile3* libwebp6* libwind0-heimdal* linux-headers-5.4.0-214* linux-headers-5.4.0-214-generic*
linux-modules-5.4.0-214-generic* ltrace* lz4* ncal* perl-modules-5.30* popularity-contest*
python3-entrypoints* python3-future* python3-mock* python3-pbr* python3-requests-unixsocket*
python3-simplejson* python3.8* python3.8-minimal* session-migration* sound-theme-freedesktop*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 78 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 298 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 111359 files and directories currently installed.)
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update-alternatives: warning: alternative /usr/bin/python3-pbr (part of link group pbr) doesn't exist; removing from list of alternatives
update-alternatives: warning: /etc/alternatives/pbr is dangling; it will be updated with best choice
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Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.20-2ubuntu4.1) ...- 更新下GRUB配置，之前apt remove时已经更新过，这步其实可以省略
root@valuable-idea-1:~# update-grub
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/init-select.cfg'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-138-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-138-generic
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.
done