get rid of old kernels
Gordon Keehn
gordonkeehn at netzero.net
Tue Apr 19 14:25:54 UTC 2005
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
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