End of Update Process Fails

noise617

Eopkg fails to complete sudo eopkg up -y. I dualboot Solus and Windows 10. Below are the details.

 [✓] Syncing filesystems                                                success
 [✓] Updating dynamic library cache                                     success
 [✗] Updating clr-boot-manager                                           failed

A copy of the command output follows:

[FATAL] cbm (../src/bootman/kernel.c:L646): Failed to install kernel /boot/EFI/com.solus-project/kernel-com.solus-project.current.5.15.32-213: No space left on device
[FATAL] cbm (../src/bootman/update.c:L250): Failed to install default-current kernel: ///usr/lib/kernel/com.solus-project.current.5.15.32-213


 [✗] Updating clr-boot-manager                                           failed

A copy of the command output follows:

[FATAL] cbm (../src/bootman/kernel.c:L646): Failed to install kernel /boot/EFI/com.solus-project/kernel-com.solus-project.current.5.15.32-213: No space left on device
[FATAL] cbm (../src/bootman/update.c:L250): Failed to install default-current kernel: ///usr/lib/kernel/com.solus-project.current.5.15.32-213


 [✓] Updating desktop database                                          success
 [✓] Updating manpages database                                         success

algent

noise617 No space left on device

You boot/EFI partition is too small. It should be at least 512 MB.

Check this guide to understand how it works.

davidjharder

A default Windows installation uses a EFI partition of 100MB (like your screenshot). This is usually too small to fit Windows + a few kernels.

You can temporarily fix this by cleaning out the old kernels. The long term fix is to expand the EFI partition

noise617

@davidjharder @algent Thank you.

How do I safely remove older kernels? Can I get the system to only keep a minimal number of old kernels?
At this point, can I safely expand the 100 MB partition?

ReillyBrogan

Unfortunately your boot partition is only large enough to store a single kernel. You will need to delete that kernel and initramfs from the boot partition manually in order to install the new one, and if you mess it up your system won't be able to boot into Solus.

noise617

Thanks, everyone, for the feedback. I ended up using AOMEI Partition Assistant, a free Windows program. I got it to extend the 100 MB partition by cutting space from another one. The process required a reboot. So far, everything is fine.