Re: Removing old kernels with yum?

WipeOut wrote:

Hi,

How do I remove old kernels with yum??

If I do a..
# yum list "kernel*"

I get..
Installed Packages
kernel.i686                              2.6.10-1.741_FC3       installed
kernel.i686                              2.6.9-1.681_FC3        installed
kernel.i686                              2.6.10-1.760_FC3       installed
kernel.i686                              2.6.11-1.14_FC3        installed
kernel.i686                              2.6.11-1.27_FC3        installed
kernel.i686                              2.6.9-1.678_FC3        installed
kernel.i686                              2.6.9-1.667            installed
kernel.i686                              2.6.10-1.737_FC3       installed
kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.9-1.667            installed
kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.10-1.760_FC3       installed
kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.11-1.27_FC3        installed
kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.10-1.737_FC3       installed
kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.10-1.741_FC3       installed
kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.11-1.14_FC3        installed
kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.9-1.678_FC3        installed
kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.9-1.681_FC3        installed
kernel-utils.i386                        1:2.4-13.1.49_FC3      installed

So if I try..
# yum remove kernel.i686
it wants to remove all of them..

I have tried specifying the version a couple of ways but then it doesn't find anything to remove..

So how do I do it?

Use rpm instead of yum:

# rpm -e kernel-2.6.9-1.667 kernel-smp-2.6.9-1.667 ...

Paul.