->>In response to your message<<- --received from Andrew Sackville-West-- > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 11:24:44AM -0800, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > I'm perfectly happy with the > > package manager leaving my currently installed kernels alone while > > simultaneously adding newer kernel versions and releases. If I want to > > remove old kernels at some point, I'll do so explicitely. Anyone have > > any ideas for me? > > there are many ways to do this, but the most intuitive to me is to use > aptitude in the interactive mode and go to each of the currently > installed kernels. you will see them tagged with an 'A' indicating > that is was automatically installed to satisfy some dependency (in the > case of kernels, you have probably installed a kernel meta-package > which depends on the latest kernel image. as a new kernel image is > released, of course, that dependency shifts to the new image and the > 'A' kernels are marked for deletion.) So us 'm' to mark them as > manually installed instead of automatically installed. Aptitude will > then keep the package for you. this will come up with each new kernel > image. > > Others will likely show you some slick, automatic way to do this, but > that's how I do it. >
Yes, that is perfect and makes total sense. Thanks! I knew this shouldn't be hard but just couldn't come up with a solution. I was also trying to figure out why it was removing the latest kernel but leaving ones I had previously installed (manually) alone. I understand now. Thanks, Paul -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================== ==Proudly brought to you by Mutt== ================================== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]