Removing Old Kernels

carlosinfl · 03-02-2006, 12:24 PM

OK - my Grub is looking pretty messy since I have upgraded my kernel a few times. I am currently 100% that my 2.6.15-1-k7 kernel is fine and will not need to ever boot into an older kernel. Can someone please explain how I can remove the old kernels from my system so I just show that one entry and don't clutter my system.

Thanks!

saman007uk · 03-02-2006, 12:34 PM

Find all kernels installed,

Code:

dpkg --get-selections | grep kernel-image

Then remove unwanted ones:

Code:

apt-get remove --purge kernel-image-...

carlosinfl · 03-02-2006, 01:01 PM

?

Code:

stricom:/boot/grub# dpkg --get-selections | grep kernel-image
stricom:/boot/grub#

saman007uk · 03-02-2006, 01:18 PM

If you are using unstable,

Code:

dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-image

yotamk · 03-02-2006, 03:01 PM

Try this thread:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=271042

carlosinfl · 03-02-2006, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saman007uk

If you are using unstable,

Code:

dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-image

So what would my next course of action be?

Code:

carlos@stricom:~$ dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-image
linux-image-2.6.14-2-k7                         install
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7                         install

lavluda · 03-02-2006, 08:11 PM

Code:

apt-get remove --purge **

** which one you want to remove

carlosinfl · 03-03-2006, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lavluda

Code:

apt-get remove --purge **

** which one you want to remove

Thanks! Issue resolved.