[OM Cooker] efibootmgr: Could not delete boot variable: No space left on device

Ben Bullard benbullard79 at cox.net
Wed Feb 3 12:37:50 EST 2016


Thanks Colin. The command 'efibootmgr -b 0005 -B' will remove an entry 
in normal circumstances.

As far as the 'efibootmgr: Could not delete boot variable: No space left 
on device' a few days later that problem was mysteriously gone. Now all 
*seems* OK. NO idea why?

On 2/1/2016 12:00 PM, Colin Close wrote:
> On Saturday 30 Jan 2016 10:36:17 Ben Bullard wrote:
>> This is in 2014 fully updated but from experience it will affect every
>> OS on computer. And I probably can't add another OS like for instance
>> OMLx3/Cooker. I need help with this.
>>
>> # efibootmgr -b 0005 -B
>> efibootmgr: Could not delete boot variable: No space left on device
>>
>> # bootctl
>> System:
>>      Machine ID: 0130cc70e325f19ca8242d5a55919313
>>         Boot ID: a1d52f3682c9465ab3e57379c516c942
>>     Secure Boot: disabled
>>      Setup Mode: user
>>
>>
>> No suitable data is provided by the boot manager. See:
>> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/BootLoaderInterface
>>     http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec
>> for details.
>>
>>
> Hi Ben,
> It should be possible to delete unused entries. If I remember rightly deletion is a two stage process. Try running efibootmgr -b 0005
> then run efibootmgr -B 0005. I can't check this but I do remember it being a two stage process so a little experimentation on the unneeded boot entry should get you there.
>
> Best,
> Colin




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