Removing old kernels

mike270 · 08-06-2004, 08:46 PM

I just upgraded to the new 2.6.7 kernel in FC2 and now I have three kernels installed, 2.6.5, 2.6.6 and 2.6.7. I would imagine it is safest to keep the two newest kernels loaded in case something goes wrong right? How do I go about deleting the old kernel I don't want anymore?

I am dual-booting with XP and I know I need to remove the old kernel from GRUB but how do I properly delete everything?

ranger_nemo · 08-06-2004, 08:50 PM

Easiest way to do it is through rpm...

"rpm -e kernel-2.6.5-blah-blah-blah"

You can check your /boot/grub/grub.conf to make sure it is removed from there afterwards.

mike270 · 08-06-2004, 10:53 PM

That did the trick. Removed the listing for the kernel from grub as well.

Thanks a lot!

golpemortal · 08-06-2004, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ranger_nemo
Easiest way to do it is through rpm...

"rpm -e kernel-2.6.5-blah-blah-blah"

You can check your /boot/grub/grub.conf to make sure it is removed from there afterwards.

is this how exactly to do this "rpm -e kernel-2.6.5-blah-blah-blah"

with the blah-blash-blah..............the reason I ask is because I'm a newbee and I need to do the samething.......

thanks

mike270 · 08-07-2004, 12:34 AM

You type in the exact version that you want to delete. For example if I wanted to delete the newest kernel I would type:

rpm -e kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2

I found the exact version numbers in /boot/grub/grub.conf but I dual-boot so I don't know if you have grub loaded as well. I am pretty new to Linux too so I still have a lot to learn.

EDIT: If you do have grub you need to be logged in as root to view it.

golpemortal · 08-07-2004, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mike270
You type in the exact version that you want to delete. For example if I wanted to delete the newest kernel I would type:

rpm -e kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2

I found the exact version numbers in /boot/grub/grub.conf but I dual-boot so I don't know if you have grub loaded as well. I am pretty new to Linux too so I still have a lot to learn.

EDIT: If you do have grub you need to be logged in as root to view it.

thanks mike270 that did it...........

mike270 · 08-07-2004, 09:05 PM