Question #78588 on Ubuntu changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/78588
actionparsnip proposed the following answer: if you run: uname -a you will see your kernel version. if you then run: dpkg -l | grep linux | grep image You will see a list of linux images (which are the kernels). You want to keep the kernel that outputted in uname -a as well as linux-image- generic. Also, DO NOT remove packages with the word 'modules' in, those will be automagically handled for you. once you have uninstalled the packages representing the kernels you no longer need: e.g. sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-image-2.6.31-4-generic (i use karmic and that is my ONLY kernel so I'm not going to do that, its just an example command). It will remove the kernel. You can keep rerunning the dpkg command above to verify but tread VERY carefully and do NOT remove the running kernel you saw in the uname -a output (I am stressing this as much as I can and it's still not enough, this is some low level dangerous stuff) once all the images you do not want are gone (you will harvest ~100Mb per kernel) you can then run: sudo apt-get --purge autoremove and it will clear out all the kernel modules for the kernels you just removed (another 50Mb per kernel here too) This will also update menu.lst so your boot menu will be slicker and less cluttered. -- You received this question notification because you are a member of UF Unanswered Posts Team, which is an answer contact for Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
