Should I do these updates?

[Spiderspoon]

I have Linux MInt 18.3
I have 3 potential updates with some descriptions attached.
Should I proceed with these updates?
Thanks

Update Manager 1.png

[all41]

Absolutely--these are security related--so the benefits outweigh the risks.
If the new kenel poses a problem (rarely so) you can easily revert back to your current
kernel at the grub screen by choosing Advanced options when the grub screen appears.

[Spiderspoon]

Thanks, but now I've run out of space in boot.
Should I remove some stuff out of boot or make it bigger?
Thanks.

[all41]

This complicates the issue somewhat.
You need to find the storage hogs on your system.
There is a neat utility in the repositories called baobab.

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apt install baobab

Get that utility downloaded and run it to find what is consuming your hd--often
videos and dvd images-

[MrEen]

Remove some old kernels. Update Manager > View > Linux kernels

Removing the oldest one should make enough room for the newest.

[smurphos]

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apt install baobab

Err - the screen shot is from boabab aka Disk Usage Analyser.

To the OP - What Mr Een said - get rid of old kernels.

See viewtopic.php?p=1554622#p1554622 for a quick one liner terminal command rather than one by one in Update Manager.

[Spiderspoon]

I can view the Kernels, but I cannot delete them.
The folder boot is full. Do I delete stuff out of that folder? Do you want me to screenshot it?
Thanks

[Spiderspoon]

Boot folder screenshot of files dated today.
Should I delete any of these?

[Pjotr]

Remove all old kernels in one stroke:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... one-stroke
(item 9.1, right column)

By the way: thanks to our fellow forum member gm10, this'll become a lot easier in Mint 19.1.

[Spiderspoon]

Remove all old kernels in one stroke:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... one-stroke
(item 9.1, right column)

By the way: thanks to our fellow forum member gm10, this'll become a lot easier in Mint 19.1.

Thanks, but it didn't work. I got a whole lot of errors along the way. And the boot folder is still full. In Update Manager/View/Linux Kernels they all seem to still be there.
I've copied the terminal window into a text file and it is attached. The beginning of this process seems to have disappeared as what's in the terminal window starts in the middle of something. Anyway, you can see that there are errors there.
I couldn't attach it as this forum wouldn't permit attaching a text file. I could paste it in here, but that would be very long.
The boot folder has fewer CPIO Archives than before, but it's still full.
I'm wondering if I will have to reinstall Linux.

[Spiderspoon]

Absolutely--these are security related--so the benefits outweigh the risks.
If the new kenel poses a problem (rarely so) you can easily revert back to your current
kernel at the grub screen by choosing Advanced options when the grub screen appears.

In Update Manager/Help/Update Levels, it says that Level 4 updates should be done one at a time. I shall do that next time.