Fix for "gzip: stdout: No space left on device"

Just installed a new OS and you're getting that message when you run apt-get update?

Here's one thing that might be causing you grief. Make sure that you don't have your /boot partition set to read only. Installing any package that modifies this directory will fail if you can't write to it. Duh. At least that was my reaction after I realized what I had done.

Simply edit your /etc/fstab entry and remove the "ro" portion of the /boot record. Make a backup first.

Don't be tempted to restart your server to see if the fix works. You're messing with the dang /boot directory after all! Just umount and mount it.

 cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.backup  
 vim /etc/fstab (make your changes)  
 umount /boot  
 mount /boot  
 apt-get update