Grub question
Here's what I assume to be a simple grub question On one of my systems, /boot is getting quite full with all the kernel updates and I'd like to delete most of the old ones, keeping a couple of the most recent ones. Does one then need to delete the corresponding lines for the deleted kernels in grub.conf? Does anything have to be done after that so grub is aware, like one had to do with the old lilo.conf, i.e., run lilo after any changes that were made? Thanks! - Larry -- P. Larry Nelson (217-244-9855) | Systems/Network Administrator 461 Loomis Lab | High Energy Physics Group 1110 W. Green St., Urbana, IL | Physics Dept., Univ. of Ill. MailTo:[EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.roadkill.com/lnelson/ --- Information without accountability is just noise. - P.L. Nelson
Re: Grub question
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, P. Larry Nelson wrote: On one of my systems, /boot is getting quite full with all the kernel updates and I'd like to delete most of the old ones, keeping a couple of the most recent ones. Does one then need to delete the corresponding lines for the deleted kernels in grub.conf? You don't need to, but you might as well - if you try to boot a kernel that isn't there, it will fail. Does anything have to be done after that so grub is aware, like one had to do with the old lilo.conf, i.e., run lilo after any changes that were made? No, Grub picks up the changes on the fly. Steve Gaarder System Administrator, Dept of Mathematics Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Grub question
Larry, You can just delete the entries from grub.conf, no commands need to be run after that. You also might be interested in the installonlyn (I think that is the name) yum plugin. It lets you limit how many old kernels to keep installed. Cheers, Mark P. Larry Nelson wrote: Here's what I assume to be a simple grub question On one of my systems, /boot is getting quite full with all the kernel updates and I'd like to delete most of the old ones, keeping a couple of the most recent ones. Does one then need to delete the corresponding lines for the deleted kernels in grub.conf? Does anything have to be done after that so grub is aware, like one had to do with the old lilo.conf, i.e., run lilo after any changes that were made? Thanks! - Larry -- Mr. Mark V. Stodola Digital Systems Engineer National Electrostatics Corp. P.O. Box 620310 Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA Phone: (608) 831-7600 Fax: (608) 831-9591
Re: Grub question
Jan Kundrát wrote on 4/18/2008 10:52 AM: P. Larry Nelson wrote: Here's what I assume to be a simple grub question OT: please don't click reply when you have a question that isn't realted to previous message, it breaks message threading. Really!! How bizarre! I changed the subject so it wouldn't be part of a previous thread. I always use reply since it fills in the To: address, which is easier than typing it in and possibly making a mistake. I apologize to the list but don't understand why, if I changed the subject, it would be part of a previous thread. I always thought threads keyed off the subject line, and I've been using email since it was invented back in the 70's. Oh well - learn something new every day Thanks! - Larry -- P. Larry Nelson (217-244-9855) | Systems/Network Administrator 461 Loomis Lab | High Energy Physics Group 1110 W. Green St., Urbana, IL | Physics Dept., Univ. of Ill. MailTo:[EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.roadkill.com/lnelson/ --- Information without accountability is just noise. - P.L. Nelson
Re: Grub question
On Friday 18 April 2008 8:54:02 am Mark Stodola wrote: Larry, You can just delete the entries from grub.conf, no commands need to be run after that. You also might be interested in the installonlyn (I think that is the name) yum plugin. It lets you limit how many old kernels to keep installed. Cheers, Mark P. Larry Nelson wrote: Here's what I assume to be a simple grub question On one of my systems, /boot is getting quite full with all the kernel updates and I'd like to delete most of the old ones, keeping a couple of the most recent ones. Does one then need to delete the corresponding lines for the deleted kernels in grub.conf? Does anything have to be done after that so grub is aware, like one had to do with the old lilo.conf, i.e., run lilo after any changes that were made? Thanks! - Larry It's been my experience that the entries in grub.conf get automatically removed as long as you use rpm (or yum) to remove the old kernels. I don't know at what release this started, but it has been true for a long time now. -- -- Jeffrey Anderson| [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Office: 50A-5104E | Mailstop 50A-5101 Phone: 510 486-4208 | Fax: 510 486-6808
Re: Grub question
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:06 AM, P. Larry Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jan Kundrát wrote on 4/18/2008 10:52 AM: P. Larry Nelson wrote: Here's what I assume to be a simple grub question OT: please don't click reply when you have a question that isn't realted to previous message, it breaks message threading. Really!! How bizarre! I changed the subject so it wouldn't be part of a previous thread. I always use reply since it fills in the To: address, which is easier than typing it in and possibly making a mistake. I apologize to the list but don't understand why, if I changed the subject, it would be part of a previous thread. I always thought threads keyed off the subject line, and I've been using email since it was invented back in the 70's. Oh well - learn something new every day Changing the Subject line does not start a new thread. However, some mail client (gmail for example) starts a new conversation if the subject is changed. So, those who are using the mail software with this behavior would not notice hijacking of this type. Akemi
Re: Grub question
P. Larry Nelson wrote: I apologize to the list but don't understand why, if I changed the subject, it would be part of a previous thread. The header has a in-reply-to field, and a references field. They are used for the threading. I always thought threads keyed off the subject line, That would be much too simple. and I've been using email since it was invented back in the 70's. Oh well - learn something new every day Keep it like that ;) Matthias Thanks! - Larry
