Re: Removing a manually installed kernel

[Patrick Boutilier <boutilpj ednet ns ca>]

Wayne Steenburg wrote:
> I have a couple old vanilla kernels taking up space on my system.  I
> removed the appropriate files from /boot. I would assume I can also
> safely remove the appropriate folders from /lib/modules.

Yes. /lib/modules/<kernel version> only gets used when you boot that kernel.

 Would someone
> please confirm that for me?  Also, is there anything else I am missing? 

in /boot remove *<kernel version>* as well. This will get rid of any 
system.map and initrd files associated with the kernels you want to get 
rid of.

> Thanks.
>
> Wayne Steenburg