System Update Failed
I've been unable to update my current install. When I attempt to, I get the following error in the console:
[0/71] Fetching ostree chunk 71a5e726c0ce85b6d8e (61.6 MB)... done
error: Importing: Unencapsulating base: Layer sha256:71a5e726c0ce85b6d8e5f8ee4049ed54cb82c3d1405093cceec723e63529fba8: Importing objects: Importing object c5/69b825a0afe5f86ea0d5208d7e98542e18ce59f9a1d0dfae0c95f3f1d35d18.file: Processing content object c569b825a0afe5f86ea0d5208d7e98542e18ce59f9a1d0dfae0c95f3f1d35d18: Importing regfile: min-free-space-percent '3%' would be exceeded, at least 156.3 MB requested
System update failed:
0: Command failed:
/usr/bin/rpm-ostree upgrade
1: /usr/bin/rpm-ostree failed: exit status: 1
Location:
src/steps/os/linux.rs:228
I figure it has something to do with storage space, but I have almost 100GB empty on my main drive, so I'm not sure why I'm getting this error.15 Replies
you are low on space:
Importing regfile: min-free-space-percent '3%' would be exceeded, at least 156.3 MB requestedRight, I knew that, but I’m just a little confused. There’s my main drive that has 100GB free, and then there’s another drive just called / that has only 40mgb and is filled up
I assume just uninstalling some games should fix this issue?
can you show the output of
rpm-ostree status -v and lsblk -f? if they're too long to copy paste you can send ssI’m sorry, how do I do that? I’m a newbie when it comes to Linux
open the Terminal app and maximize it
1. paste
rpm-ostree status -v (using Ctrl+Shift+V)
2. take a screenshot
3. paste lsblk -f
4. take a screenshot
5. send here
your OS partition is 97% fullOkay, so I can just uninstall some games and stuff I dint need and it should fix itself then?
yeah basically clean up the files you don't need, use Warehouse to see if there are leftover data from apps you no longer have installed, etc
for uninstalling games, i greatly recommend to uninstall them with Steam's built-in storage manager because it cleans the prefixes too
for Steam games only of course
Okay, cool. I was worried it was a problem with my drive failing or something
I appreciate the help!
also FYI since you have an NTFS drive, i really recommend you to format it and use ext4/btrfs instead
or if you're dual booting, don't use it for games. it's not supported
Is it necessary to format my NTFS even if it’s an external drive I don’t have the OS installed on?
I mostly just use it to archive personal files
I think my OS drive is btrfs if I’m reading the terminal correctly
i mean it;s fine to have it since you're dual booting and (i assume) you're using it for windows, but NTFS on linux can be wacky
can't 100% tell you if it's safe or not, but yeah NTFS doesn't play well with linux
Understood. I’m not dual booting, I made sure to remove windows 11 when I switched over
I’ll see about just disconnecting my external drive in the meantime then
well it's because i saw you have two NTFS partitions
Oh I forgot about my other SSD
The one that’s built in
Yeah I can probably format that one no problem
but either way, if you're not dual booting and only have linux on your PC (and plan to keep using linux only) the best course of action is to switch over to Btrfs completely (or EXT4, bazzite recommends Btrfs though)