Help! My disk is full?! Find how much disk space is used --------------------------------- df Find version of running kernel ------------------------------ uname -a Try to use apt-get to clean up ------------------------------ apt-get clean : removes installers that are not needed apt-get autoremove : uninstalls packages that are no longer needed Try to recover apt-get ---------------------- apt-get -f install dpkg --configure -a Try to recover more space if necessary -------------------------------------- Remove /lib/modules directories for kernels older than current kernel Remove /usr/src directories for kernels older than current kernel Remove /boot files for kernels older than current running kernel Reboot to newer kernel ---------------------- reboot citv showvm : until shutdown citv bootvm machine_name c Finish up ---------- Repeat the apt-get clean up Make sure you really have plenty of disk space free