Every time that I try to install updates in mintupdate, I get the following popup.  Does anybody know what could be the cause for this?  I noticed that it mentions gzip: stdout: No space left on device so I checked my ssd, however I still have almost 100GB of free space if that has any relation.After removing several older kernels and installing a new one then rebooting, I was greeted by this scary looking screen:picture taken of monitor
Linux mintupdate constantly failing with error
linux;linux mint;upgrade
The error you are having is because you have run out of space in the /boot partition to create an initrd file (hence the error no space left in device).If you have several kernels installed, try to delete alternative kernels before upgrading. However bear in mind it is good practice to have one alternative kernel to boot laying around in case of a bad kernel upgrade.If you only do have one kernel, you can try, and I have done it more often than I care to admit, to delete the running kernel to install the new one.Often this situation happens in servers that have been upgraded to new versions several times, as the kernel and associated files used to be smaller. In that case, add this machine to an upgrade list in the short/medium term.