On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 18:13 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
WipeOut wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How do I remove old kernels with yum??
>
> If I do a..
> # yum list "kernel*"
>
> I get..
> Installed Packages
> kernel.i686 2.6.10-1.741_FC3 installed
> kernel.i686 2.6.9-1.681_FC3 installed
> kernel.i686 2.6.10-1.760_FC3 installed
> kernel.i686 2.6.11-1.14_FC3 installed
> kernel.i686 2.6.11-1.27_FC3 installed
> kernel.i686 2.6.9-1.678_FC3 installed
> kernel.i686 2.6.9-1.667 installed
> kernel.i686 2.6.10-1.737_FC3 installed
> kernel-smp.i686 2.6.9-1.667 installed
> kernel-smp.i686 2.6.10-1.760_FC3 installed
> kernel-smp.i686 2.6.11-1.27_FC3 installed
> kernel-smp.i686 2.6.10-1.737_FC3 installed
> kernel-smp.i686 2.6.10-1.741_FC3 installed
> kernel-smp.i686 2.6.11-1.14_FC3 installed
> kernel-smp.i686 2.6.9-1.678_FC3 installed
> kernel-smp.i686 2.6.9-1.681_FC3 installed
> kernel-utils.i386 1:2.4-13.1.49_FC3 installed
>
> So if I try..
> # yum remove kernel.i686
> it wants to remove all of them..
>
> I have tried specifying the version a couple of ways but then it doesn't
> find anything to remove..
>
> So how do I do it?
Use rpm instead of yum:
# rpm -e kernel-2.6.9-1.667 kernel-smp-2.6.9-1.667 ...
Paul.
Yum can do it too, ala:
yum remove kernel-2.6.9-1.678_FC3
You can also wildcard parts of the name like:
yum remove kernel-smp-2.6.9-*
to get rid of all of the 2.6.9 SMP kernels.
Bob...