matt giwer

After several yum kernal upgrades I find my /boot partition filling up. I
presume I can simply erase all but the present one (after making a boot disk for
it) without any harm. Am I correct or looking for trouble?

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decrepit

Think this has been answered a few times, think I may have copied this
from here myself.
How to remove old kernels:

Run
'rpm -qa | grep kernel'
to see which kernels you have installed.

Then, remove kernels starting with lowest number using this command:
'rpm -e kernel-version'

I also remove the associated develop files as well. It's never caused a
problem for me, but I usually leave 2 kernels in there.

matt giwer

Thanks. I was going to do it manually but the safer rpm method is better. My
question was only if it caused problems.

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jan gerrit kootstra

Matt,


rpm -e does not give you trouble, it refuses to delete packages if you
would break dependancies.

removal by hand makes the rpm database inconsitant (leaves the
packagename in the database, while the files are removed). So do not do
that to avoid trouble.

Gives you strange behavior, like you do not want to use a program
anymore and after running up2date or yum you get it back with a newer
version.


Kind regards,


Jan Gerrit Kootstra

matt giwer

Point taken. Thanks.

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