# Cannot update to newer version

**URL:** <https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/cannot-update-to-newer-version/3396>\
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**Created:** [June 24, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/cannot-update-to-newer-version/3396 "2018-06-24T16:03:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![ursus](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/e99b99/32.png) [@ursus](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/ursus)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/cannot-update-to-newer-version/3396/1 "2018-06-24T16:03:04Z")

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when I run the update command I get an error:

gzip: stdout: No space left on device  
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1  
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-127-generic with 1.  
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (–configure):  
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1  
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already  
Errors were encountered while processing:  
linux-image-4.4.0-128-generic  
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-127-generic  
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-128-generic  
initramfs-tools  
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

as far as I can see the boot drive is full. What can I do?

root@box:/home# df -h  
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on  
udev 988M 4.0K 988M 1% /dev  
tmpfs 200M 592K 200M 1% /run  
/dev/dm-0 1006G 5.6G 949G 1% /  
none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup  
none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock  
none 1000M 16K 1000M 1% /run/shm  
none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user  
/dev/sda1 236M 225M 0 100% /boot

Thank you for any help!

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**Author:** ![box](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b19c9b/32.png) [@box](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/box)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/cannot-update-to-newer-version/3396/2 "2018-06-24T16:28:36Z")

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Would this be the answer to your question?

> <https://askubuntu.com/questions/2793/how-do-i-remove-old-kernel-versions-to-clean-up-the-boot-menu>

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**Author:** ![deadfwd](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@deadfwd](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/deadfwd)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/cannot-update-to-newer-version/3396/3 "2018-06-24T17:29:05Z")

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Yes, I agree. First thing that popped in my head was too many kernels

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**Author:** ![ursus](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/e99b99/32.png) [@ursus](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/ursus)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/cannot-update-to-newer-version/3396/4 "2018-06-24T18:50:35Z")

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Perfect - that solved my problem thank you :o)