Matthew Miller wrote:
On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 08:19:46AM +1000, Brian Chadwick wrote:
if you must remove the uniprocessor kernel ... then do
"rpm -qa | grep kermel"
this will list all kernel packages installed ...
Or just "rpm -q kernel" if you know you're looking for the uniprocessor
kernel (on pre-FC6 -- see other message). Or, "rpm -qa 'kernel*'"
then rpm -e lernel-xx.rpm .... where the one you want to remove is
listed exactly
Actually, no .rpm -- that's only used for package file names and isn't
yes ... the .rpm was a mistake, as was the "lernel" ;) LOL
relevant to installed packages.
personally i wouldnt bother ... systems have so much disk space these
days that 30 megs means nothing .... but ... if you want ... this is how
to do it :)
There's some issues with the kernel rpm where having multiple versions
installed makes installing new ones exponentially slower. Keeping the number
installed trimmed down therefore makes sense. Plus, since kernel updates
often fix severe security problems, leaving old ones around once your new
kernel works is introducing an unneeded (small, of course) risk.
well 2 version isnt a prob ... and not usually a bad idea until you are
hapy the new kernel does wot it is supposed to do ....
wot "risk" are you talking about?
