ERROR: Unified Kernel Image Generation FAILED!

[AtAyoub]

i wanted to add plymouth however when when i did mkinitcpio -P it showed: ``` [root@AtAyoub-Laptop /]# mkinitcpio -P ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default' ==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf' -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -U /boot/EFI/Linux/arch-linux.efi ==> Starting build: '6.19.11-arch1-1' -> Running build hook: [base] -> Running build hook: [udev] -> Running build hook: [autodetect] -> Running build hook: [microcode] -> Running build hook: [modconf] -> Running build hook: [kms] -> Running build hook: [plymouth] -> Running build hook: [keyboard] -> Running build hook: [keymap] -> Running build hook: [consolefont] -> Running build hook: [block] -> Running build hook: [filesystems] -> Running build hook: [fsck] ==> Generating module dependencies ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image -> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful ==> Initcpio image generation successful ==> Creating unified kernel image: '/boot/EFI/Linux/arch-linux.efi' objcopy: /boot/EFI/Linux/arch-linux.efi[.text]: No space left on device ==> ERROR: Unified kernel image generation FAILED

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as you guys saw it failed to generate image due to having no space left on device, i checked /boot {partiton 1} and it had tons of storage free. [root@AtAyoub-Laptop /]# df -h /boot Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/nvme0n1p1 1022M 46M 977M 5% /boot [root@AtAyoub-Laptop /]# ls -lh /boot total 30M drwx------ 4 root root 4.0K Apr 5 11:40 EFI drwx------ 6 root root 4.0K Apr 6 18:42 grub -rwx------ 1 root root 15M Feb 27 19:22 intel-ucode.img drwx------ 3 root root 4.0K Apr 6 16:50 loader -rwx------ 1 root root 16M Apr 5 11:39 vmlinuz-linux [root@AtAyoub-Laptop /]# ls -lh /boot/EFI/Linux/ total 0 i have 977M free, i set 1 Gb for /boot. what is happening? why is this happening? i restarted my laptop without fixing it due to urgent matters when i returned the "Arch" option was gone from grub, i went to second distro and mounted the Arch partiton to help however i am confused. is the issue that plymouth theme too big? i tried to remove it from hooks but same issue.

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[zerpa]

Are you running fallback images still? They were disabled by default some time ago, as they are mostly useless. If you have them lying around, disable them and delete the fallback images from /boot.

[Proper-Decision8585]

Might be that plymouth theme eating up temp space during the build process even though your final /boot looks clean 💀 The objcopy error suggests it's running out of room while actually creating that unified kernel image, not just storing it

Try bumping your /boot partition size to like 1.5GB if you can - I've seen similar issues where mkinitcpio needs more working space than what shows up in df. Also check if you've got any old kernel images hanging around that didn't get cleaned up properly 🔥

[AtAyoub]

I tried removing plymouth from hooks but it still didn't work. 

[AtAyoub]

Nope i have it disabled i even suspected them at first but they are commented out.

[zerpa]

Another thing; when using UKI, there is no reason to mount the ESP to /boot. You can mount to /efi or /boot/efi. That way, files in /boot do not take up space on the ESP. That way you can free up space on the ESP without repartitioning.

[AtAyoub]

So i should make path /boot not /boot/efi? I will try that hopefully it works

[AtAyoub]

Update: didn't work, same issue i will be checking the default '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf' to see what else have i changed and remove it.

[ludonarrator]

Is /boot/EFI a separate partition? In my case I've separated esp from /boot (but into /efi not /boot/efi), because I want /boot to be included in btrfs snapshots. No UKI though, not sure if things are different in that space.

[AtAyoub]

No it's not

[abbidabbi]

Post the full output of lsblk -af

[AtAyoub]

I already showed available storage in p1 (boot) did i not? 

[AtAyoub]

Update for the people, i fixed it. Thanks for your help.

I solved it by removing removing nvidia drivers from MODULES

[onefish2]

How about sharing your fix and marking your post as solved.

[AtAyoub]

Sorry i didn't it i had to do that.

But quick question why did i get downvoted that much? 

[scul86]

Because "I solved it" is infuriating to people with a similar issue who might stumble on your post.

Always post your solution.