Re: Removing old kernels with yum?

WipeOut wrote:

Bob Chiodini wrote:

On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 18:13 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:

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.

Yum can do it too, ala:

       yum remove kernel-2.6.9-1.678_FC3

You can also wildcard parts of the name like:

       yum remove kernel-smp-2.6.9-*

to get rid of all of the 2.6.9 SMP kernels.

Bob...

I am sure I tried that but it didn't seem to work.. the rpm -e way worked fine..

Thanks..

I simply brought up Yum Extender, looked for all the kernels I had installed, and selected one to remove. (I say /one/ because I normally keep the five latest releases on my system, to make sure that I have a good one.)

Temlakos