Re: Can't mount cdrom

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 10:14:27PM -0800, Jared L. Black wrote:
> 
> Thanks to Rick Stevens and micros50 for the advice.  The cdrom mount is
> working somewhat. I have 2 options for the kernel when I boot.  One is
> kernel-2.4.18-14 and the other is kernel-2.4.20-18.8. When I boot in
> 2.4.18-14 the cdrom drive is not accessible, but when I boot in
> 2.4.20-18.8, it is.  The fstab file is different (/dev/cdrom line is
> there or not) depending on which kernel I boot in.  I prefer the 2.4.20
> kernel (upgraded  version?), but am a little unsure of removing  the
> other kernel.
> 
> Any suggestions on the use of rpm for removal of the redundant kernel.
> I had someone help set up the Dell machine preloaded with linux and I
> guess he added the more recent release but didn't remove the other one. 
> 
> Thanks 
> Jared Black

To see what kernels you have installed, do

rpm -q kernel

Suppose you get something like

kernel-2.4.18-14
kernel-2.4.20-18.8

Then, to remove the earlier kernel, just

rpm -e kernel-2.4.18-14

It should clean up any references to it in /boot/grub/grub.conf (or
/etc/lilo.conf, if you use that), but check to be sure.

Cheers,
-- 
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