Thank you. You have been a great help!
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Old LInux Kernels
> On Monday 31 May 2004 12:07 pm, Steve wrote:
> > Yes I know which ones I do not want but, don't know where they
> > are located. It is just one file per kernel?
>
> No, an just don't delete the kernel. You'll still be stuck
> with many files, as in /lib/modules/<kernel version>
>
> Use 'rpm -qa | grep -i kernel' to list installed kernels, then
> 'urpme kernel-x.x.x....' to remove all of of the one(s) you want
> to remove. Example:
>
> tom $ rpm -qa | grep -i kernel
> kernel-2.6.6.0.rc3.1mdk-1-1mdk
> kernel-tmb-2.6.5-1.tmb.5mdk-1-1mdk
> kernel-sds-2.6.7-0.rc1.1.sds.1mdk-1-1mdk
> kernel-2phoenix-2.6.6.1mdk-1-1mdk
> kernel-tmb-source-2.6.5-1.tmb.1mdk
> kernel-sds-2.6.7-0.rc2.1.sds.1mdk-1-1mdk
>
> So if I wanted to remove all files of 2.6.5-1.tmb, including
> it's lilo entry, I'd su to root and type
> 'urpme kernel-tmb-2.6.5-1.tmb.5mdk-1-1mdk'
>
> (use copy'n paste to avoid typos).
>
> Make sure you're not removing a kernel that is currently your
> (lilo) default kernel and that you're currently using the one you
> want to keep ('uname -r'). If you have kernel-source installed,
> remove that with urpme also, as above. Kernel-source and modules
> removal will yield the most disk space. Kernel files in /boot
> take up very little space. In any event 'urpme' will clean up
> the whole deal.
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stephen Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Mandrake Newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:01 AM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Old LInux Kernels
> >
> > > On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 02:51, Steve wrote:
> > > > How do you get rid of old kernels once you have loaded a
> > > > new one and determine it works? Also how do you remove old
> > > > versions from the LILO Screen? I have limited space and
> > > > want to clear out as much old stuff as possible.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Steve
> > >
> > > Just delete the kernels you don't want...do you KNOW what
> > > kernels you don't want?
>
> --
> Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
> Proud to be an American
>
>
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