Strong wrote:
> Want to add my question to the kernel removal talk.
> When i have compiled my own kernel, i want to sweep up the files the
> default kernel has on my system, how to do that?
It's a good idea to keep at least one Fedora kernel on the system: it's
there for testing purposes, or if anything goes wrong with your
self-compiled kernels (like over-writing the kernel image without
installing the modules just after there's been an incompatible ABI
change in the IDE code...)
You should also note that (on my system):
$ rpm -q --whatrequires kernel
initscripts-8.11.1-1
lvm2-2.01.08-2.1
hal-0.5.2-2
hal-0.5.2-2
prelink-0.3.4-3
pcmcia-cs-3.2.8-4.12
quota-3.12-6
rp-pppoe-3.5-27
gnome-volume-manager-1.3.1-1
libpcap-0.8.3-13.FC4
nfs-utils-1.0.7-11
(i.e. these packages require at least one kernel RPM installed).
The Fedora kernels you have installed can be identified with
$ rpm -q kernel
kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4
kernel-2.6.12-1.1390_FC4
kernel-2.6.12-1.1398_FC4
kernel-2.6.12-1.1420_FC4
kernel-2.6.12-1.1447_FC4
and uninstalled with
# rpm -e kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4
If you really want to get rid of all Fedora kernels, then you have these
options:
* making an RPM out of your custom kernel and installing that instead.
(preferred: investigate make rpm)
* uninstalling the last Fedora kernel with rpm -e --nodeps
* identifying all files in the last RPM with
rpm -ql kernel
and manually deleting them.
Hope this helps,
James.
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