On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:19:46 +1000, Brian Chadwick wrote: > Paul Smith wrote: >> On 8/16/06, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> > Does 'yum remove kernel' suffice to remove the old kernels since I am >>> > now using kernel-smp? >>> >>> Try it -- what could possibly go wrong? :) >>> >>> I'm serious -- yum will prompt you first since it's a package >>> removal, and >>> you'll get to review what it's going to do. (And I'll dispell any >>> suspense >>> -- yes, it'll work.) >> >> Oh, Matthew, I am an ignorant, that is true, but not that much! :-) >> >> I know that 'yum remove kernel' will remove kernels, but I was not >> sure whether that procedure entails a complete removal, as I took, >> some time ago, the following note from this list: >> >> package-cleanup --oldkernels >> >> Paul >> > if you must remove the uniprocessor kernel ... then do > > "rpm -qa | grep kermel" > > this will list all kernel packages installed ... > > then rpm -e lernel-xx.rpm .... where the one you want to remove is > listed exactly > > personally i wouldnt bother ... systems have so much disk space these > days that 30 megs means nothing .... Except if you've kept your 1G / partition from the times of yore, when 1G meant something. It fills up pretty quickly with /lib/modules from old kernels and with all the updates, which go in /var/cache. If yum ever fails on you for lack of space, you'll know why.
