Re: removing old kernels

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> On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 00:39:29 +0530, Rahul Sundaram <rahulsundaram@xxxxxxxxx> > > > wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:17:09 -0600, Aleksandar Milivojevic
> 
> 
> <amilivojevic@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > Mark Bradford wrote:
> > > rpm -qa | grep kernel shows the old kernel is gone????  For some reason,
> > > as I initially stated, rpm seemed to not want to remove it, but I guess
> > > it did.  Thanks for the input.
> >
> > If you did "rpm -e kernel", that it attempted to remove *all* three
> > kernels you had installed.  I don't know what's rpm going to do in this
> > case (simply exit, remove all but one (probably a random choice?),
> > something else).
> >
> 
> rpm never does such random things. You will get a error specifying
> that the packagename has several matches. You need to use the
> --matchall switch to remove all packages with the same name. read man
> rpm
> 
> --
> Regards,
> Rahul Sundaram

I think u should wait for a stabler Kernel then remove the old kernel.
Except u got insufficient space.. because it may take a risk...


Ringo


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