rpm Strangeness when trying to erase kernels.

[alton bailey]

try rpm -e kernel


>From: Philip Trickett <phil-ml at techworks.ie>
>Reply-To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
>To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
>Subject: rpm Strangeness when trying to erase kernels.
>Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 13:33:07 +0100
>
>Hi,
>
>I am running the fedora core beta, all the way from when it was severn
>;)
>
>I am trying to un-install previous kernels that were installed by yum
>during upgrades:
>[phil at unagi phil]$ rpm -q kernel
>kernel-2.6.0-0.test6.1.47
>kernel-2.6.0-0.test7.1.52
>kernel-2.6.0-0.test6.1.48
>kernel-2.6.0-0.test6.1.49
>kernel-2.6.0-0.test7.1.51
>kernel-2.4.22-1.2087.nptl
>
>I am trying to remove the 2.6 series kernels for now, so that I can go
>back to 2.4 for a little while.
>
>when I try to remove a kernel:
>[phil at unagi phil]$ sudo rpm -e kernel-2.6.0-0.test6.1.47
>
>rpm looks as if it is pre-processing (a fair bit of disk access), and
>then the rpm process takes 100% cpu usage and just stays that way
>indefinitely.
>
>Is there any other way to remove the kernels? I have tried via yum, but
>it says that the kernel is not installed.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Phil
>
>
>
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