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removing kernels

From: Dave Abbott <d.abbott@dcsNOSPAM.shef.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Too many kernels, need to remove some
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 10:16:34 +0000
Message-ID: <pan.2003.12.04.10.16.33.566194@dcsNOSPAM.shef.ac.uk> 
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On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 22:28:40 -0800, Ramon F Herrera wrote:

> I have several servers registered to the RHN, and I have been
> connecting and upgrading them periodically.  When I first
> install RedHat I figure that a 300-500 kB root partition
> is large enough, but it turns out that I cannot upgrade
> some servers, because of lack of space in the root partition.
> 
> I don't really need to keep 6 kernels (and ancilliary files) around
> but what's the recommended/safe procedure to remove them?
> 

Unlike most rpms, kernels tend to be installed rather than
upgraded. So you need to uninstall the ones you are no longer
using. I usually leave the last known good set of kernel
and kernel-smp rpms

Use uname -a to make sure you are actually running the
latest kernel - you may need to edit /etc/grub.conf and
reboot...

Issue rpm -qa | grep kernel and then rpm -e  to remove
unwanted kernels.

HTH,

Dave

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Dave Abbott, UNIX SysAdmin       | 
Department of Computer Science   | http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/
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