AFAIK aptitude will not allow you to leave youtself without any kernel easily :) You can see which kernel packages are installed on your machine using dpkg -l 'linux-image*'
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Jari Fredriksson <ja...@iki.fi> wrote: > > > 23.10.2009 14:54, Alexey Salmin kirjoitti: >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Jari Fredriksson <ja...@iki.fi> wrote: >>> >>> >>> 23.10.2009 14:23, Klistvud kirjoitti: >>>> Dne, 23. 10. 2009 12:49:12 je Johannes Wiedersich napisal(a): >>>>> >>>>> Why don't you just give it a try and follow up with any questions or >>>>> problems you face? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Johannes >>>>> >>>> >>>> Because I'm not yet familiar enough with Debian (or GNU/Linux, for that >>>> matter) to know where to look for leftovers once the kernel is >>>> uninstalled; I'm able to track down the location of Grub's menu.lst and >>>> of the kernel modules, but that's about it. I'm just trying to get some >>>> input from more experienced users before 'giving it a try'; eventually, >>>> I *will* do that, and follow with any questions or problems I may face. >>>> >>> >>> I don't know if this is the correct way, but I just remove all files in >>> /boot that resemble the kernel version, plus >>> /lib/modules/<kernel-version> plus edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst by hand >>> and remove the lines for the kernel. >>> >>> Now that I think about it, maybe I should to it via package management... >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.iki.fi/jarif/ >>> >>> You're currently going through a difficult transition period called "Life." >>> >>> >> >> That's definitely not a right way. Generally, modifying system files >> manually is usually a bad idea. >> Almost every file in your system (I'm talking about /usr /lib /boot >> etc, not /home or /var/log) belongs to some package. >> If you want to remove it - it's better to remove a whole package. When >> the package is removed you can delete it's reverse-dependencies using >> "apt-get auto-remove" (or smth like that in another package manager) - >> but be careful here, check the packages list which are going to be >> removed. There accidentally might be some important things, you can >> tell that you still need with explicit install command. >> Please not that removing the package leaves it's configuration files. >> If you want to remove them as well you should "purge" the package. >> That was a brief introduction in a concept of software packages :) > > Yup, I know how packages are managed, and usually I do that. aptitude > remove or purge.. > > But somehow I have not done that with kernel packages. > > I do not want to command "aptitude purge kernel" ;D > > Kernels are different, as there are various versions, and I just never > want to live without *a* kernel. > > > -- > http://www.iki.fi/jarif/ > > You're currently going through a difficult transition period called "Life." > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org