Re: Removing redundant kernels
On (03/11/06 10:06), Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > You'd be well advised to use the package management system to remove the
> > kernels. Personally, I use aptitude. Having checked which is your
> > running kernel, go into aptitude, and mark for removal those you want
> > rid of. If you mark the with '_' both the package and the configuration
> > files are purged.
> >
>
> I did this on my server using aptitude and it didn't work. I '_' purged
> two kernels that had been install with aptitude but it left the actual
> kernels and initrds and configs in /boot. I had to rm them manually.
>
> hunh. I better look into that more as I know that's not proper behavior.
That's not something I've ever experienced. You didn't install these
kernels manually using 'dpkg -i' by any chance?
Regards
Clive
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