get rid of old kernels

[Gordon Keehn]

Mark Sargent wrote:

> Paul Howarth wrote:
>
>> Gordon Keehn wrote:
>>
>>> Jeff Vian wrote:
>>>
>>>> As someone has already said it has been discussed several times, 
>>>> but for
>>>> this use, rpm is much nicer than yum.
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>    And apt (synaptic) is even nicer.  I keep the highest level 
>>> kernel and the next highest stable version as a backup.  When I 
>>> request that synaptic install a new kernel, at the same time I 
>>> remove the old version.  Grub and the /lib directory subtree are 
>>> cleaned up automagically.  OK, I know it's rpm that does the dirty 
>>> deed under the covers, but synaptic makes it a lot easier to manage 
>>> multiple kernel versions in a consistent fashion.
>>
>>
>>
>> You remove the old kernel (and its modules) whilst you're still 
>> running it?
>>
>> Paul.
>>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm guessing he's not talking about the one he's currently using, but 
> the backup that would then become backup 2 if he kept it. Yes..? Cheers.
>
> Mark Sargent.
>
    Correct.  I should have said "oldest" but occasionally if the 
(previous) bleeding edge kernel is less stable, I remove it, keeping the 
older version (which would be the one I'm executing).
    Cheers,
Gordon