Re: Removing redundant kernels

["michael" <michael@estone.ca>]

On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:24:23 +0000, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote
> Following updates I find I have several redundant kernels and 
> corresponding entries in GRUB. Is there a preferred method of 
> removing these, once I have established stability with later 
> versions, or is my first thought of 'rm'ing the relevant files and 
> editing menu.lst good enough?

I have a similar problem:

I have an etch box with custom compiled kernels from kernel-package.
I've installed a bunch with dpkg -i and used apt to remove them.
But dpkg still shows them in the the list of packages.
For example:

host:~# dpkg --get-selections |grep linux-image
linux-image-2.6.16-2-k7                         purge
linux-image-2.6.17                              purge
linux-image-2.6.17-2-486                        purge
linux-image-2.6.17-2-686                        install
linux-image-2.6.17-2-k7                         purge
linux-image-2.6.17etalon-k7                     purge

Is there a way to remove the packages marked "purge"?

Thanks
Mike