Re: Removing a manually installed kernel

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 





Wayne Steenburg wrote:
I have a couple old vanilla kernels taking up space on my system.  I
removed the appropriate files from /boot. I would assume I can also
safely remove the appropriate folders from /lib/modules.

Yes. /lib/modules/<kernel version> only gets used when you boot that kernel.

Would someone
please confirm that for me? Also, is there anything else I am missing?

in /boot remove *<kernel version>* as well. This will get rid of any system.map and initrd files associated with the kernels you want to get rid of.


Thanks.

Wayne Steenburg





[Index of Archives]     [Current Fedora Users]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Yosemite News]     [Yosemite Photos]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Tools]     [Fedora Docs]

  Powered by Linux