As I continue to update and build new versions of the FC1/FC2 my systems gets pretty cluttered and I would like to remove them from the system and the Grub loader. Is there some neat means to remove linux-distro-lint?
Thanks for any help ou care to offer..
Mike
Here's what I did to clean things up, though I doubt there was any real reason for me to do so, other than "I wonder if I can get rid of this excess baggage":
I wanted to remove the extra kernels that I no longer used (but I still think it's probably a good idea to have at least one good working kernel in addition to your current one in case something unplanned happens with the current one), so here's how I did it:
su to root rpm -qa | grep kernel
examine the output for files looking like: kernel-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl
I believe I had 4 or 5 of these in addition to my current kernel.
For each one I did: rpm -e kernel-2.4.22-1.<version>.nptl
where I replaced <version> with the version that I saw from the previous rpm query. Before each one, do a sanity-check -- stop to be sure that you're not deleting your current kernel. Look again to be extra sure.
There still were some empty directories remaining but I just was lazy and didn't bother removing them.
I also removed an older nvidia driver for an earlier kernel, since it was no longer necessary.
Before doing any of this, I'd recommend seeing if there are any follow-ups or cautions on the list. This method worked for me, but there may be an important instruction that I either a) have wrong, or b) have omitted.
Clint
-- Clint <clint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
