Bob Chiodini wrote:
On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 18:13 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
>WipeOut wrote:
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>>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:
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># rpm -e kernel-2.6.9-1.667 kernel-smp-2.6.9-1.667 ...
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>Paul.
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>
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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...
I am sure I tried that but it didn't seem to work.. the rpm -e way
worked fine..
Thanks..