Not everyone installs their kernels as rpm so this won't work if he
installed his own kernel and may need to be done manually.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert C. Paulsen Jr.
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 8:54 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: /Boot is full - advice please
> 
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 02:11:59PM +0100, Kevin Passey wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > As a new Linux user I need some help on this.
> >
> > I have been updating my server using RHN no - problem there - but
> now my
> > /boot is full - can I delete anything from there.
> >
> > It seems to keep all the kernel packages.
> >
> 
> Use "rpm -qa | grep kernel" to see what kernels are installed. On my
> system this shows:
> 
>       kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-13
>       kernel-source-2.4.20-20.9
>       kernel-2.4.20-19.9
>       kernel-2.4.20-20.9
> 
> Use rpm to erase all but the two most recent kernels. In my case I
> only
> have two so I would leave it as it is. But, If I wanted to keep only
> the
> very latest kernel I could use:
> 
>       rpm -e kernel-2.4.20-19.9
> 
> Notice that "kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-13" is not a kernel and should
> not
> be deleted.
> 
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