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can't upgrade? boot space full?

check current kernel

uname -r
4.4.0-96-generic

view all kernels

ls -1 /boot/
System.map-4.4.0-89-generic
System.map-4.4.0-92-generic
System.map-4.4.0-93-generic
System.map-4.4.0-96-generic
abi-4.4.0-89-generic
abi-4.4.0-92-generic
abi-4.4.0-93-generic
abi-4.4.0-96-generic
config-4.4.0-89-generic
config-4.4.0-92-generic
config-4.4.0-93-generic
config-4.4.0-96-generic
grub
initrd.img-4.4.0-89-generic
initrd.img-4.4.0-92-generic
initrd.img-4.4.0-93-generic
initrd.img-4.4.0-96-generic
lost+found
vmlinuz-4.4.0-89-generic
vmlinuz-4.4.0-92-generic
vmlinuz-4.4.0-93-generic
vmlinuz-4.4.0-96-generic

purge old kernels

sudo apt-get purge -y linux-image-4.4.0-89-generic linux-image-4.4.0-92-generic linux-image-4.4.0-93-generic

you may need manually to delete if disk is full

sudo rm /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-89-generic
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