Sun, 7 Jan 2024 14:47:28 +0100 - tito via Dng <dng@???>:

> On Sun, 7 Jan 2024 13:06:20 +0100
> al3xu5 via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > My sister has a pc desktop and a laptop I installed to her with Chimaera
> > some time ago.
> >
> > Yesterday she asked me to upgrade both these machines, so I did a
> > dist-upgrade from chimaera to daedalus on both, following this procedure:
> > - # apt-get update && upgrade (on the existing chimaera installation)
> > - change /etc/apt/sources.list pointing to the Daedalus repositories
> > - # apt-get update
> > - # apt-get upgrade
> > - # apt-get dist-upgrade
> >
> > Now on both the machines I have this error (some part of the message is in
> > Italian, but I think you can understand the problem):
> >
> > ~~~
> > Elaborazione dei trigger per initramfs-tools (0.142)...
> > update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-16-amd64
> > W: No zstd in /usr/bin:/sbin:/bin, using gzip
> > cpio: errore di scrittura: Spazio esaurito sul device
> > E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 2
> > update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-16-amd64 with 1.
> > dpkg: errore nell'elaborare il pacchetto initramfs-tools (--configure):
> > il sottoprocesso installato pacchetto initramfs-tools script
> > post-installation ha restituito lo stato di errore 1
> > ~~~
> >

> > Some clarifications:
> > - / and /boot are on the same partition which has several GB of free space
> > - it cannot be resolved with (these commands lead to the same error):
> >     # apt-get -f install
> >     # apt-get dist-upgrade
> > - installed kernel is 5.10.0-16, not the 6.x kernel
> > - I can't install a kernel other than 5.10.0-16: I always get the same
> > error...

> >
> > I can't figure out what the cause could be. But -- more importantly -- I
> > can't find a solution... Please help!
> >
> > Another observation: searching online I found this:
> > https://groups.google.com/g/linux.debian.bugs.dist/c/lc3j09Tdu5M
> > The problem seems similar (even if it refers to a live-install) and the
> > resulting suspicion is that there may be some connection with the
> > (infamous) usr merge... But of course it may have nothing to do with it.
> >
> > Please, help.
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Regards
> > alexus
> >
> >
>
> Hi,
> is the zstd package installed?

Yes. It was the first try I did (on the laptop)... Nothing changed.

Do you know what else I can try to fix the issue?

I was thinking to remove initramfs packages and then reinstall it... But i
fear this could lead to not-bootable-system risk...

Ciao
alexus


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