Thread: kernel update disk space error

hi guys,

i've been getting error when kernel updates happen saying i'm out of disk space.
had less 1gb last time happened, purged old kernels , seemed fix problem. now, more 1gb of disk space receiving same error. time, decided fix , moved /var partition gives me 2.5gb of free space. should plenty!
but, when running sudo apt-get -f install still receiving same error. can't think error message wrong , else @ play here can't find answers point other disk space issue. ideas?

code:

  aaron@apbh:/$sudo apt-get -f install  reading package lists... done  building dependency tree         reading state information... done  correcting dependencies... done  following package automatically installed , no longer required:    libunity6  use 'apt-get autoremove' remove them.  following packages installed:    linux-headers-3.2.0-39 linux-headers-3.2.0-39-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-39-generic-pae  following new packages installed:    linux-headers-3.2.0-39 linux-headers-3.2.0-39-generic linux-headers-3.2.0-39-generic-pae  0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 remove , 50 not upgraded.  3 not installed or removed.  need 0 b/13.7 mb of archives.  after operation, 78.8 mb of additional disk space used.  want continue [y/n]? y  (reading database ... 589226 files , directories installed.)  unpacking linux-headers-3.2.0-39 (from .../linux-headers-3.2.0-39_3.2.0-39.62_all.deb) ...  unpacking linux-headers-3.2.0-39-generic (from .../linux-headers-3.2.0-39-generic_3.2.0-39.62_i386.deb) ...  unpacking linux-headers-3.2.0-39-generic-pae (from .../linux-headers-3.2.0-39-generic-pae_3.2.0-39.62_i386.deb) ...  dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-39-generic-pae_3.2.0-39.62_i386.deb (--unpack):   unable create `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-39-generic-pae/include/config/usb/storage/isd200.h.dpkg-new' (while processing `./usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-39-generic-pae/include/config/usb/storage/isd200.h'): no space left on device  no apport report written because error message indicates disk full error                                                                                dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste killed signal (broken pipe)  errors encountered while processing:   /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-39-generic-pae_3.2.0-39.62_i386.deb  e: sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned error code (1)

check /boot partition new kernel installs placed.

can try removing old kernel/headers free space in /boot partition.

post output

code:

df -h

good luck

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